Intel demonstrates 32nm chip and Nehalem microarchitecture at the IDF
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Today at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel demonstrated a chip built on a 32nm architecture - the world's smallest, as well as showing the Nehalem processor for the first time in public.
Nehalem is the successor to the Core microarchitecture. Shockingly, it is expected to bring higher performance while using less power. Taking a cue from a rival, it will include a DDR3 memory controller on die and anywhere from 1 to 8 cores. "They" say that Nehalem represents the most dramatic microarchitecture update since the Pentium Pro in 1995.
Nehalem is expect to debut in late 2008, with a die shrink to 32nm sometime in 2009.
Nehalem is the successor to the Core microarchitecture. Shockingly, it is expected to bring higher performance while using less power. Taking a cue from a rival, it will include a DDR3 memory controller on die and anywhere from 1 to 8 cores. "They" say that Nehalem represents the most dramatic microarchitecture update since the Pentium Pro in 1995.
Nehalem is expect to debut in late 2008, with a die shrink to 32nm sometime in 2009.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_lithography
Our fab in Lehi is using Immersion already for our 55nm NAND part. Supposedly with pitch doubling, or double patterning as wiki calls it, it can go down to 16nm. Replace some iLine tools with Immersion tools and a fab is good til 2010 and beyond until 450mm.