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Information Technology News Intel's new chips extend Moore's Law, or do they? | Intel's new chips extend Moore's Law, or do they? |
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| Written by Stuart Corner | |
| Monday, 12 November 2007 | |
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Page 1 of 2 Intel co-founder Gordon Moore has called the new technology the biggest transistor advancements in 40 years. But in June this year, a New Zealand academic was questioning whether Moore's Law had hit a road block, claiming there had been no significant increase in speeds since 2004 and that speeds beyond 4GHz were unlikely. He has yet to be proved wrong: Intel's new chips, for all their advances, have a maximum speed of 3.6GHz. The new 45nm processors boast nearly twice the transistor density of previous chips built on the company's 65nm technology – that is up to 820 million transistors for quad-core processors. Intel says these breakthroughs clear the path for it to design products that are 25 percent smaller than previous versions and, thus, more cost-effective, and that, by next year, it will have the ability to pursue new ultra mobile and consumer electronics 'system on chip' opportunities. Intel president and CEO, Paul Otellini, said: "The intellects, physics and designs that went into solving one of the industry's most daunting challenges are awe-inspiring and I congratulate the Intel teams for this breakthrough achievement...This feat, coupled with our industry-leading architectures, means faster and sleeker computers, longer battery life and better energy efficiency. Intel's 45nm Hi-k Xeon processors also deliver an improvement of 38 percent in performance per watt of power consumed over its previous-generation Quad-Core Xeon 5300 Series processors. |
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