Intel finalizes process for 32nm fabbing

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited December 2008 in Science & Tech
Intel finalizes process for 32nm fabbing

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  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    The push to 32nm is very interesting, in a moon shot sort of way.
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited December 2008
    Tic-tock
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    Never ending die shrinks. 45 nm, 32, 22, 11, etc. Is this REALLY necessary? God forbid the chip were made slightly LARGER to put more cores in it or something.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    You really just don't understand hardware, do you? There are 45nm quads out right alongside 65nm single-core chips. Process improvements like this mean you can put more silicon in a smaller space and increase transistor density. It has absolutely nothing to do with how many cores you can fit on a chip.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    Tim wrote:
    Never ending die shrinks. 45 nm, 32, 22, 11, etc. Is this REALLY necessary? God forbid the chip were made slightly LARGER to put more cores in it or something.

    Yes, it's necessary. No, you don't get it.
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