Thursday, 20 September 2007

Intel Displays Fast Performance Chips

Intel, the world’s top semiconductor maker has displayed publicly for the first time a new generation computer processor that it claims significantly increase performance....

Intel, the world’s top semiconductor maker has displayed publicly for the first time a new generation computer processor that it claims significantly increase performance even while being power efficient despite taking little real estate on chips.

Intel topper Paul Otellini said that Intel would launch the new family of powerful chips in the second half of 2008, in keeping with its promise of new chip architecture every second year. The new family of chips, called as Nehalem, has about eight processing cores and will offer better graphics and memory-control processing.

Last year, in a bid to catch up with smaller rival AMD, Intel said it would slash 10 per cent of its employees and revamp operations to get extra USD 5 billion revenues. As part of the corporate revamping, Intel had said that it would come out with entirely new chip architecture every other year. Otellini said the strategy would increase the pace of innovation.

The first in the series of new architecture is the Penryn family of processors that will be introduced in November. This will be will be the industry's first high-volume 45-nanometer processors. (The current standard is 65 nanometers.)

Otellini said the company planned to introduce 15 new 45-nanometer processors by the end of the year and 20 more in the first quarter of 2008. Advanced Micro Devices has said it will move to 45-nanometer technology in mid-2008.