A Nonny Moose Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 This is being hailed as the biggest development in 40 years. Here are the highlights: > 45-nanometer process > High-k metal gate (they liken it to a light switch) High-k metal gates are highly efficient at holding electric charges, and thus make for highly efficient and fast chips. In addition, Intel claims that they have figured out how to equip their new 45-nanometer microprocessors with high-k metal gates affordably and reliably. > Penryn microprocessors. Intel announced today that it has already produced 45nm microprocessors, is now putting them through the qualification process, and is slipping them into existing computers and using them to boot various flavors of Windows. We'd love to be able to report that they're also booting Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, but you know how notoriously secretive Apple is - in point of fact, there was no mention of Apple whatsoever in today's conference call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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