Intel skifter snart...

Diverse d. 11. februar. 2007, skrevet af Huddy 7 Kommentarer. Vist: 379 gange.

TheInq., er kommet i besiddelse af det de kalder for "Hot Rumour of The Moment".
De skriver nemlig, at Intel skifter til 45 nm 6 måneder før lovet.

Taget fra TheInq. :
THE HOT RUMOURR of the moment is that Intel is about to pull its 45 nanometre shrink into the first half of this year and so basically six months early.
It may want to, but is it technically feasible? It isn't like it is simply buying off the shelf parts, because this is bleeding edge tech.

There are two parts to the process, the design and the manufacturing. Think of this as the pretty patterns you draw and the things you draw them with. Both need to be on time and with the desired characteristics or you get nowhere fast. Intel has both planned forthe fourth quarter and to pull Penryn in, both are needed.

The design side is the more probable candidate. The core is, by all accounts, in great shape, better than Core Number Numeral was at this stage of the development.

But when we heard the rumour of a massive 45 nanometre breakthrough, we dismissed it because of the manufacturing process. Pulling in the tools, ramping the process, and just physically moving all that stuff into the fabs was going to be somewhere between damn hard and impossible.

In talking with manufacturing people, we've learned this might not be as impossible as it seems. The 45 nanometre process was basically done and set in mid-2006. With the recipe set, it was just a matter of equipping the fabs and getting the tools in place. Shake them down, and hopefully you are in business.

The tools are the critical components, and they may or may not be done in time for Intel to pull the schedule in. The key to this is the critical lithography tools. At 45 nanometres, Intel is not changing litho tools to a large degree, it is going for two pass dry lithography using many of the same parts as it did at 65 nanometres.

In both cases, this boils down to it being technically possible, barely. Assuming perfect execution, no stumbles along the way by Intel or its partners, and the stars aligning correctly, means it might happen.

That brings up the question of whether it make financial sense? You are pulling in 45 nanometres with the attendant expenses and losing quarter of the life of your 65 nanometre process. These are billion dollar footnotes, not trivial little things. Even if it can, Intel may choose not to for financial reasons.

Basically what you end up with is a rumour that is on the fringes of possibility, but does hit it. Intel could pull 45nm in to 1H/07 but it would be a long shot. Then again, stranger things have happened in the industry lately

Link :
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37562

-Timberwolf-

Superbruger
Tilføjet:
11-02-2007 13:09:51
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421/13

Argh og man har lige investeret i en 65nm.. :00

Angel

Superbruger
Tilføjet:
11-02-2007 13:51:42
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170/34

Så man kan forvente, at disse nye 45nm fra Intel kan komme inden marts måneden er slut?

Mathis77

Elitebruger
Tilføjet:
11-02-2007 18:21:15
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6293/359

vil det sige penryn/yorkfield i 1H 07? omg. jeg har ikk nået at spare nok op endnu, piv, lol :00 8)

Palme

Overclocker
Tilføjet:
11-02-2007 18:28:11
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122/4

Jeg skal lige være med på noget, kommer de cpu'er så til at køre ddr2 eller ddr3 ram? ddr3 ram er da også på vej i dette år ikke sandt?

Retro

Elitebruger
Tilføjet:
11-02-2007 20:38:11
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1643/172

#3 Det betyder ikke at de udgiver penryn/yorkfield, men at de vil gå over til 45nm måske handler det bare om at gøre produktionen af Core 2 Duo billiger og derved kunne lave flere Core 2 Duo pr waffa og derved kunne sænke priserne i kampen mod AMD.

Hvad jeg har læst så er de nye Chipset både DDR2 og DDR3 kompatible. Da DDR3 skulle bruge samme socket som DDR2 hvad jeg har hørt, men om det passer ved jeg ikke.

Kirsby

Superbruger
Tilføjet:
12-02-2007 00:43:21
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1214/62

#5 Lyder sgu da nice hvis det passer.. ;)

Mathis77

Elitebruger
Tilføjet:
12-02-2007 17:48:52
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6293/359

Ja yorkfield understøtter både DDR3 og DDR2 ram...og sidder på et socket 775... det lyder da som en sag for asrock, hvis der både skal være dd2 og ddr3 slots... jeg tvivler... så det lyder fornuftigt med at DDR3 er bare DDR2 med noget højere mhz...

... så tjekkede jeg lige google og faldt ned af stolen af glæde:
http://www.elpida.com/en/produ...

- næsten dobbelt så hurtige som DDR2 er de - og så har de samme størrelse og form-faktor som DDR2 - YEPPIE!!
:D