Intel Producing First Processor Prototypes With New, Tiny 45 Nanometer Transistors

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Intel 300mm 45nm wafers similar to the SRAM test wafer shown here will be used to make the companyacutes next generation 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo Core 2 Quad and Xeon families of processors  codenamed Penryn. Credit: Intel
Intel 300mm 45nm wafers similar to the SRAM test wafer shown here will be used to make the company's next generation, 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Xeon families of processors – codenamed Penryn. Credit: Intel

In one of the biggest advancements in fundamental transistor design, Intel Corporation today revealed that it is using two dramatically new materials to build the insulating walls and switching gates of its 45 nanometer transistors.


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