Intel Moves Closer to 45nm Penryn Processor Production
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Intel Moves Closer to 45nm Penryn Processor Production
Intel has recently demonstrated high-k + metal gate transistor breakthroughs on 45nm microprocessors and while Legit Reviews didn't get to see it in person we have been in contact with Intel following the developments that took place this week in California. If you're interested in Intel's 45nm Penryn family of processors and what the future holds for Intel this is a must read!
Article Title: Intel Moves Closer to 45nm Penryn Processor Production
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/450/1/
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Article Title: Intel Moves Closer to 45nm Penryn Processor Production
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haahaahaa you think they would let us off that easy???
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Here's what Intel said on the matter of compatibility. Basically all of the hardware listed in the LegitReviews article was unmodified hardware, and at least in some cases unmodified BIOS's as well. Source
Could it just be possible they are referring to the 1,333FSB requirements, which not quite all boards are capable of running (*cough* nForce5 ). They already changed the VRM system once, I'd think they could have designed the change in mind for future processors unless they deliberately wanted to force another change."Motherboard developers will have to make some minor changes to support [Penryn]. We can't guarantee that a person could just plug the chip into every motherboard on the market today." However, Smith also claimed the Penryn boot test that grabbed so many headlines last week occurred on unmodified hardware that included a notebook, several desktop motherboards and several server motherboards.
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Nah, that gap is way too large for just a die-shrink.holden_m wrote:I wonder if it can deliver the same *** whupping that C2D gives the P4s
Nah too, the move 65-45 is just a bit tinier then 90-65 so I think we will see 3.5 GHz+ :DKougar wrote:Penryn is the same design as the Core 2 Duos, just shunken down. So very likely unless they greatly increase clockspeeds, then no it won't. ;)
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Well I hope it is compatible with a BIOS upgrade, that would be nice.
What I gleaned from the high-k + metal design is that it would be able to overclock better, the free electrons aren't shaking the silicon out of place....is that right? If so that would mean higher clock speeds stock, and higher overclocks would be possible, too.
What I gleaned from the high-k + metal design is that it would be able to overclock better, the free electrons aren't shaking the silicon out of place....is that right? If so that would mean higher clock speeds stock, and higher overclocks would be possible, too.
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We might, especially if AMD's Agena & Kuma processors outpace Intel's Conroe. Don't forget that Intel was selling 3.6ghz & 3.8ghz Pentium 4's though, built on a toasty 90nm process. ;)Jejking wrote:Nah, that gap is way too large for just a die-shrink.holden_m wrote:I wonder if it can deliver the same *** whupping that C2D gives the P4sNah too, the move 65-45 is just a bit tinier then 90-65 so I think we will see 3.5 GHz+ :DKougar wrote:Penryn is the same design as the Core 2 Duos, just shunken down. So very likely unless they greatly increase clockspeeds, then no it won't. ;)
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Those ~3.8GHz chips had a very long pipeline to allow for high MHz, AMD always use a short pipeline in their chips, that's why they can only scale to 3GHz!Kougar wrote:We might, especially if AMD's Agena & Kuma processors outpace Intel's Conroe. Don't forget that Intel was selling 3.6ghz & 3.8ghz Pentium 4's though, built on a toasty 90nm process. ;)Jejking wrote:Nah, that gap is way too large for just a die-shrink.holden_m wrote:I wonder if it can deliver the same *** whupping that C2D gives the P4sNah too, the move 65-45 is just a bit tinier then 90-65 so I think we will see 3.5 GHz+ :DKougar wrote:Penryn is the same design as the Core 2 Duos, just shunken down. So very likely unless they greatly increase clockspeeds, then no it won't. ;)