Intel showcases future tech at IDF
Going quad-core and 45 nanometer After announcing its dual-core processors at CES earlier this year, Intel unveils plans to introduce quad-core chips in 2007. Among them are Cloverton and Tigerton for the enterprise segment as well as Kentsfield for the high-end desktop market. The company, however, does not see the core-doubling trend to continue into 2008 with eight-core processors. Instead, it hopes to first see software companies optimize their applications to work in multi-core systems. Intel also announced that it will move into the 45-nanometer manufacturing process, which will allow for more cores and cache to be added on a single processor, in the later half of next year. It is estimated that the switch from 60- to 45-nanometer technology can improve transistor performance by 20 percent and results in a 30 percent drop in switching power. The chipmaker moved from the 90-nanometer technology to the 65-nanometer process last year. | |||||||||
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