Re: new Itanium after Tukwila: Poulson

prep_at_prep.synonet.com
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:39:38 +0800

Bill Todd <billtodd@metrocast.net> writes:

> prep@prep.synonet.com wrote:
>
> ...
>
>> BTW, 90 and 65nM are the `new' sizes, don't expect to see 45nM till
>> around 2010.
>
> I think that Intel is already sampling 65 nm. product for introduction
> about a year from now; IBM and AMD reportedly aren't far behind. My
> impression is that at least Intel and IBM have already got 45
> nm. devices running in the lab: do you have a solid basis for not
> expecting 45 nm. product before 2010?

No one has production capable steppers as yet, plus the small detail
of leakage and working high K gates.

Intel has a second problem in that IBM holds lots of the key patents. 

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