Intel On Track With Nehalem, 32-nm and Westmere

At yesterday's launch event, Intel's manufacturing boss confirmed next Summer introduction of Nehalem, an architecture enhancement over Penryn which integrates a memory controller "a la" AMD Opteron. Holt also said Intel is on track to deliver the first 32-nm chip in 2009, as well as Nehalem's successor, Westmere.

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[Jayayess1190]

I am still using a 90nm Pentium 4. Before we even get to Westmere, I am looking forward to Nehalem next year.

[grimpr]

Multiply that 130watts per cpu for about 100 million computers and see what you get. Low power consumption is a must have.

[nawaz2kx]

well they are when it comes to low powered cpu's such as the intel atom.

[nawaz2kx]

i guess westmere will be amazing for gamers? dual core with HT technology.

[nexus1g]

Lower power leads to less heat allowing for more switches per second without overheating. Processors now between 2-3 GHz operate at approximately 1.3v and these processors, from what I've heard, can pull 3.8 GHz @ 1.1v.

[AgentGhost]

It's not a question of saving the environment. It's about performance per watt.

[BooteyMasta]

You do realize you are talking very low wattage for any of these chips considering one light bulb can run 24/7 and not do a damm thing to impact your power bill with signifigance. So who gives a chit if the cpu uses 14 watts versus 130 watts? Do you really think you are saving the world??

[consentualcannibalz]

its less expensive to run 4 paralel 500MHZ 2.5W TDP INTEL ATOM processors on a 4 socket motherboard, which gives you 2GHZ @ 10 watts TDP, than one single QX6700 130 Watt TDP 2.6GHZ quad core. The wasted energy and increased cost of energy inefficiency of high TDP desktop cpus is costly and painful. why not just make 4 sockets mainstream and enable the use of mobile cpus on desktop boards, or more simply juste make more low voltage desktops cpus.

[consentualcannibalz]

athlon 3800+ idle @ 8 watts + 2ghz @ 35 watts full load (no c.n.q management), the last rohs compliant and energy star compliant desktop cpu Intel had was a Pentium 2, intel is doing something wrong, desktop cpus should all idle under 3 watts without the need of management software, why does intel make its desktops suck energy and dollars when they're not doing squat.

[starcheck3]

funny i thought intel had cpus core 2 duos that go as low as 26 watts and even less with managment software

[lilhourigan]

yeh lets hope nehalem or the new batch wont be screeching power drainers like the core 2 duos and quads, if Intel doesn't make a low voltage desktop processor under 30 watts tdp, why even bother buying a fkn desktop pc ever again! this is just fucking stupid now. if AMD can make 35w cpus (now scarce) and via can make a 500MHZ chip of 1 WATT that scales to 1.5GHz within a max envelope of 7.5W why cant Intel make an efficient cpu?, its either a fkn plot or Intel staff need better power meters.