CES: Intel introduces first 45 nanometer processors
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 7, 2008 at 2:23pm
Intel unveiled 16 products at the Consumer Electronis Show, including the company’s first 45 nanometer (nm) processors for laptops.
With the introduction of the new processors, Intel will be offering a total of 32 desktop, laptop and server processors based on these innovations. The company also highlighted how it will take advantage of its transistor and manufacturing advances to spur a category of small form-factor, low-powered, high-performance devices that deliver broadband Internet access “in your pocket.” The processors are up to 25 percent smaller than previous versions, so computer makers can create sleek, new designs for consumers ranging from stylish all-in-one desktop PCs to smaller notebooks, Eden says.
Among the 16 new products, 12 are designed for new laptops and desktops products and four are for servers. All are now lead-free and, starting this year, halogen-free, making the processors more eco-friendly.
Intel is shipping five new mobile processors. Helping to extend battery life is also a new Intel Core microarchitecture design feature for advanced power management state called Deep Power Down Technology that reduces the power of the processor when it’s not running data or instructions to the laptop.
The processors are the foundation for the company’s Intel Centrino technology for laptops, and deliver improved content and video capabilities with HD DVD and Blu-Ray support with an optional third-party decoder. Intel has also added new video and graphics capabilities with Intel HD Boost that includes Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 (SSE4) for speeding up workloads including video encoding for high-definition and photo manipulation.
Intel will also use this mobile technology foundation and energy-efficient performance to enable a variety of smaller, cooler and quieter, stylish desktop designs, Eden says. What’s more, the company plans to ship, in the first half of this year, its first-generation low-power platform chipset that will help deliver a range of ultra mobile and mobile Internet devices from a growing ecosystem of customers. Intel also continues to work closely with carriers around the world to deploy mobile WiMAX networks, according to Eden.
Building on its November 2007 introduction (the Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor QX9650), Intel announced three quad core and four dual core 45nm-based processors for mainstream desktop computers arriving later this month and throughout the first quarter of the year.
The new Intel Core 2 Quad and Intel Core 2 Duo processor offerings are designed to speed the transition to Intel’s newest processor line and multicore adoption. Eden says consumers will realize more performance at a variety of computer purchase prices as these processors feature a range of clock speeds, large L2 caches, and also come equipped with Intel HD Boost. Dual core desktop processor-based computers using these new processors begin shipping this month; quad core-based systems plan to arrive later this quarter. The company also introduced four Intel Xeon processors for servers and workstations; they’re expected to ship this quarter.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
