Intel Details New Chip Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (March 29) - Intel Corp., the world's largest computer
chip maker, on Wednesday unveiled details of a new lineup of processors
slated for production later this year that promise a performance boost
and energy savings because of the transition to a new manufacturing
technology.

Santa Clara-based Intel has spent heavily to equip its factories to
produce chips on 45-nanometer technology, which shrinks the circuitry's
width to 45 billionths of a meter. The new family of chips will boast
higher performance than previous generations partly because more
transistors can be squeezed onto a single slice of silicon.

Intel plans to introduce six different types of processors, including
processors with four computing cores boasting 820 million total
transistors. Intel is also using new materials in the transistors that
prevent electric current from leaking out, which in turn extends the
battery life in laptops.

Intel also disclosed some plans for its next-generation chip design,
scheduled to go into production in 2008, that the company claims will
deliver "enormous" performance and energy gains.

Intel's plans include integrating onto the processor a feature called a
memory controller that the company has historically placed on a separate
chip, but rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has long used it
on the same piece of silicon to access data on external memory chips.

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Yea. Intel has known for years that AMD has a better architecture than
they do. Intell has just been mass marketed, that's why everybody thinks
that Intel is better. AMD has had the memory controller on thier
processer for years now. Intell is findly changing all of this, because
people are findly realizing that AMD is a better processor. AMD has
always been better on battery life. These reasons plus more are the
reason that the big OEM Dell has kinda recently decided to start
building systems around the AMD platform. Thanks for the post. The
better technologies from the 'poorer' companys needs to be top news more
often.