AMD Intends To Close Process Gap At 65 nm

AMD is making bold claims regarding its general lag behind rival Intel in CPU process technology.

Intel began production of 90 nm processors over a year ago, whereas AMD released its first 90 nm chips only a few months ago. Despite this 8-month gap in the previous process release, AMD is confident that the gap between 65 nm releases will be much smaller, on the order of a couple months. Both companies originally proposed 65 nm production in the fourth quarter of this year, with AMD scheduled a few months behind Intel; but now Intel has upped its release schedule, putting 65 nm production in the third quarter of this year, a full quarter ahead of AMD’s planned release. On top of that, Intel has been showcasing its 65 nm products for months now, whereas AMD has not shown even a simple SRAM circuit printed on its 65 nm tech. This hardly spells disaster for AMD, as it was perfectly capable of competing with Intel’s best even while a process generation behind for the majority of a year. This time, however, Intel is not pursuing the dead-ended netburst architecture, which means the few months of lag between Intel and AMD 65 nm process releases may allow Intel enough time to regain the performance and/or value crowns.

Source: GEEK.com