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Skriven 2005-12-04 16:13:16 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Top Secret Intel Processor Plans Uncovered
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>


http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20051203/index.html

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Intel was surprisingly talkative when it came to future technologies and
products this year. As a result, most of the technical audience is up to date
regarding the upcoming micro architecture based on the 65 nm Merom design. We
discovered that all of these announcements are the top of a hot iceberg only,
because the chip firm intends to deliver almost 20 new processor designs within
the next eight quarters; all for the sole purpose of dominating the desktop,
mobile and enterprise segments.

Last week, Intel held a series of presentations at its Ronler Acres campus in
Hillsboro, Oregon, whose facilities represent the main pillar of product design
and manufacturing. These presentations included a short tour to the top-notch
65 nm production facility Fab D1D whose specifics Intel is currently
replicating to other locations. The primary purpose of this show obviously was
to convince around 80 analysts and journalists of the substantial health of
Intel's 65 nm fabrication leadership, which is outputting new processors in
high volume for launching new Pentium 4 6x1, Pentium D 900 and Core branded
(known as Yonah) processors in early 2006.

However, the spectacle almost looked a bit too good to be true at first,
because virtually everything the presenters were talking about was highly
positive. But our latest discoveries prove that Intel is dead serious about it.
We found that the 65 nm manufacturing is healthy enough to eventually unroll
more processor designs than ever before within the next two years, both in 65
and 45 nm.

There will be lots of dual cores, quad cores and even the first eight core CPUs
are outlined clearly. Although this information is still confidential and
likely to be adjusted a bit over time, we would like to share our outlook with
you. Not only is Intel working on an excellent product base, but also there
seems to be a fresh wind of change with the introduction of the new CTO Justin
Rattner, who we believe is capable of upgrading Intel's technology image with a
touch of emotion....
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"Intel was surprisingly talkative when it came to future technologies and
products this year. ..."   Probably because AMD is kicking their
butt, and Intel needs to play serious catch-up.

 /m

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