Intel unveils world's first 45nm chips

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Intel is turning to metal and high-k gates for its 45nm chips, cutting overall power consumption and increasing performance. The company in January showed the first working models of its 45nm chips which are scheduled to ship in the second half of 2007.

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[tarkinfish]

Cool, piece of history there :). Look how far things have come already.

[thantawa]

Thanks!

[ExtraTerrestrials]

O_O

[juidas]

Sorry I meant the 20nm will be released @ the end of 2011 not 2010.

[juidas]

Yeah, it's a very good point everything in this world have a physical limit but as we see Bugatti for example cracked that with making a car go @ 407KMph can they go further? lets see or maybe the global warming will make an end for this.. what the hell i'm talking about LOL!

[Dilekz]

But you must admit, there are limits! that are made by nature. You cannot just skip them. Probably next step is quantum computers.

[juidas]

The 32 lab started on September.. and it will be released in the end of the 2009 and in the end of 2010 as the blue giant intel plan the 20NM will be released that means 1,750,000,000,000 transistors in the single chip LOL! imagine our sons CHIP what will be? technoloy is just crazy..

[johnaiton]

yeah, but that's a fixed term investment

if it wasn't more profitable than current chips intel wouldn't make the new ones,

simple microeconomics here

[Dilekz]

wait till the 32nm... i heard thats the theoritical limit?

[Dilekz]

That it costs less wafer is true, but that doesnt affect the price. The material isnt expensive or something. It's the procedure and new machines that do!