Re: Opteron versus Xeon

I read that Intel will be moving to 32 nano meter process at their site!

Revolutionary Regards,
Terry

Yes, although not that fast. 45nm is next and should arrive soon(Q407-Q108), Then there's another 45nm based on a new Arch(Nehalem), And then probably by Very late 2009 we start seeing 32nm westmere.

The shrinks plan is 45nm-32nm-22nm-16nm and that's as far as they currently go. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_nanometer

What comes after that?
Now then it starts to get really interesting

I'll have to check with Intel, but I believe they may already have the 32nm process going or very shortly.

What comes after 16nm? Eventually 1nm, the first true Nanoprocessor!; If it's possible to scale down to that size?

Futuristic Regards,
Terry

looks to be impossible. An atom is a half-nanometer in diameter, so you are talking about features made up of two or less atoms. Very small. Very difficult to manufacture. And then there's the reliability issue.

Yes this is all true, but not necessarily impossible. New Nano Technologies may be quite impressive!

Back to the Future Regards,
Terry
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