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Intel's Atom CE 4100 SoC to Enable More Powerful Internet TVs

During the last day of its IDF event, the Santa Clara, California-based leading chip maker Intel announced the debut of its newest System-on-Chip (SoC), the Intel Atom processor CE4100. Designed specifically to enable Internet content and services to digital TVs, DVD players and some of the latest set-top boxes, the ...

25 September 2009
10:49 GMT

Freescale Now Sampling Eight-Core QorIQ P4080 Processor

Freescale Semiconductor has recently announced that it has started sampling its QorIQ P4080 multicore processor, the flagship model of the QorIQ product family. The new chip has been designed using the efficient 45nm process technology, being the company's fourth solution built on said manufacturing process, whi...

27 August 2009
05:45 GMT

New ARM-Based SoC Core from Samsung

Samsung and Intrinsity announced recently the development of what might turn into the fastest mobile processor core implementation of the ARM Cortex-A8 processor architecture. The new core, codenamed Hummingbird, has been manufactured under the 45nm process technology, and comes with low power needs, 32kbyte data and...

27 July 2009
03:56 GMT

AMD Takes the Wraps Off the Athlon II X2 245 and 240 Processors

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest vendor of computer processors, has announced today the expansion of its line of 45nm-based CPUs with the introduction of the two new Athlon II X2 dual-core 245 and 240 processors. According to the company, the new models have been spe...

22 July 2009
06:55 GMT

AMD Launches New Opteron Processor, 'Suzuka'

Sunnyvale-based chip maker Advanced Micro Devices came to the market with a new line of Opteron chips, shortly following the release of the six-core Opteron processor codenamed “Istanbul.” The new silicon solution, John Fruehe, director of Business Development for Server/Workstation products at AMD, says,...

3 July 2009
07:03 GMT

Samsung Ships First ARM-Based Application Processor on 45nm

Samsung Electronics, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer electronics and advanced semiconductor solutions, has just announced the latest ARM11-based series of application processors, with the launch of the S5P6440. According to the company, the new chip has been designed using its advanced 45nm low-po...

29 June 2009
08:13 GMT

Globalfoundries Is on Track for 28nm by 2011

According to recent reports, Globalfoundries is on track to ramp up production of the 28nm manufacturing process by 2011. In addition, Tom Sonderman, Globalfoundries vice president of manufacturing systems and technology, has confirmed that the company is ready to break ground for this new facility (Fab 2) at the Lut...

5 June 2009
04:08 GMT

AMD Also Intros New Athlon II and Phenom II Dual-Cores

In addition to the newly announced Istanbul-based Opteron processors, the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker Advanced Micro Devices also unveiled a couple of new consumer processors, enhancing the performance of the company's dual-core offering. With the announcement, AMD introduced two new processors, built...

2 June 2009
03:19 GMT

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Showcases 28nm, 32nm and 45nm Wafers

With the industry moving towards the adoption of new, faster and more energy-efficient solutions, the newly founded GLOBALFOUNDRIES, has taken its time to showcase some of its early achievements, including 45nm, 32nm and 28nm manufacturing processes. These technologies were recently caught on video, demonstrating the...

1 June 2009
09:03 GMT

Qualcomm Promises 30% Performance Boost with 45nm Snapdragon

Having already made public its view on the mobile computing market, talking about an upcoming wave of new ultraportable devices called smartbooks, Qualcomm has just announced the release of its next-generation Snapdragon platform, taking advantage of the company's new 45nm-based process technology. The new platf...

1 June 2009
04:32 GMT

Intel's Core i5 Lynnfield to Be Windows 7 Ready

Santa Clara, California-based Intel is expected to update its processor lineup with the introduction of new Nehalem-based CPUs, designed for mainstream users. Codenamed Lynnfield and Havendale, the new Core i5 CPUs will be available as quad-core and dual-core versions of Chipzilla's latest generation of Nehalem-...

25 May 2009
05:26 GMT

AMD to Release Several New 45nm CPUs in Q3

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is reportedly planning to move its production line to the 45nm manufacturing node in the third quarter of 2009, in an attempt to reduce costs. The world's number two chip maker will also launch a couple of new processors before the end of year, while its main ri...

22 May 2009
08:32 GMT

AMD Beefs Up the Dragon, Intros Phenom II X4 955

After much anticipation and a series of leaked details surfacing the Internet over the last few weeks, Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has just announced its latest addition to its most recent line of Phenom II processors. As anticipated, the chip maker's newest quad-core processor is dubbed P...

23 April 2009
03:46 GMT

Phenom II X4 955 Runs at 3.2GHz, Already Listed

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is expected to update its line of 45nm-based Phenom II processors with the introduction of a new, high-end model. Dubbed Phenom II X4 955, the new AM3-ready processor will be capable of providing users with a core speed of 3.2GHz, consequently becoming AMD's fas...

14 April 2009
06:35 GMT

AMD Launches the Opteron Upgrade Program

Sunnyvale, California-based AMD has announced today that it has launched a new program that will allow its business customers and partners to easily upgrade their Opteron-based systems to the company's latest processor solutions, without them being required to buy an entire new system. The globally available AMD...

7 April 2009
06:20 GMT

AMD Phenom II X4 Sets New 3DMark06 World Record

It appears that the launch of AMD's latest 45nm Phenom II processors has once again sparked the interest of all those overclocking enthusiasts that would go on pushing the limits of some of the latest hardware components on the market. We have already seen how the new chips have been used in some overclocking de...

18 February 2009
03:06 GMT

Phenom II X4 Reaches 6665MHz, Just Short of 3DMark Record

Prior to the release of AMD's latest 45nm Phenom processors, the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker made some demonstrations of its latest generation Phenom CPUs. The company wanted to demo the overclocking capabilities of its new Phenom processors and the performance they can achieve by implementing support...

17 February 2009
11:13 GMT

Rumor Mill: AMD Said to Be Preparing New Dual-Core Processors

It appears that the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker, AMD is preparing the launch of another series of desktop processors, which will complete the company's portfolio of dual-core CPUs. The new processors have not surfaced on any of the company's previous leaked roadmaps. According to recent rumors, t...

17 February 2009
07:05 GMT

AMD to Add More AM3 Processors in April

Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker, AMD has just recently announced a series of new Phenom II processors, coming with support for both AM2+ and AM3 sockets. However, the company is already expected to further expand its line of 45nm-based processors, by introducing new models from its Phenom II and Athlon range o...

10 February 2009
04:08 GMT

Freescale Announces 45nm PowerQUICC III Communications Processor

Freescale Semiconductor, one of the world's leading manufacturers of semiconductors, has just announced the introduction of its new PowerQUICC III communications processor, designed as a high-performance, low-power device based on the company's 45nm SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology. According to the co...

9 February 2009
05:12 GMT

AMD Intros New Phenom II Triple-Core, Quad-Core Processors

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has just announced the introduction of its new, next-generation Phenom II processors, coming to expand the company's line of 45nm consumer CPUs. With the new models, AMD will be able to provide its customers with a choice between a triple core and a quad-core pe...

9 February 2009
03:05 GMT

SMIC Starts Producing under 45nm Process

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. recently announced having started the production of its first 45nm yield lot, completing the work on the development of the manufacturing process. The company inked an agreement with IBM in December 2007 for the licensing of low-power and high-performance bulk CMOS tech...

9 December 2008
03:07 GMT

Phenom II X4 Processors Listed

As it is the case with almost every soon-to-be unveiled hardware product, details on AMD's next-generation desktop processors, the Phenom II X4 CPUs, have also leaked on the Internet recently, as they were listed on the web page of an Australian online retailer. The listed models were soon taken down, but lucki...

27 November 2008
11:33 GMT

AMD Launches 45nm Dual-Core and 65nm 25W Chips in 2009

As seen during the past few weeks, Advanced Micro Devices is preparing an imminent launch for its 45 nanometer Deneb microprocessors. The chip has already been spotted and presents itself as a fantastic part featuring great overclocking capabilities, and AMD seems rather enthusiastic about it. The Sunnyvale company a...

24 November 2008
10:41 GMT

AMD Talks 45nm Deneb Processor

In an interview with Overclockers Australia, Garrath Johnson, Technical Manager from AMD Australia, has unveiled a few things about the upcoming Deneb microprocessor, the new chip Advanced Micro Devices has developed for desktop computers. According to Mr. Johnson, the key features of the new CPU are the 45 nanometer...

17 November 2008
05:30 GMT

IBM Ready to Manufacture 45nm SOI Chips

On Monday, IBM announced that it was ready to start manufacturing processors under the 45nm silicon-on-insulator fabrication technology. The Big Blue developed the technology in partnership with AMD, which was said to start the shipments of its new 45nm SOI central processing unit within the following days. &ldq...

11 November 2008
05:59 GMT

Intel Axing the First 45nm Chips

Intel, the Santa Clara based chip manufacturer, announced yesterday that it plans to immediately phase out a few of its 45nm processors, in addition to some of the 65nm chips that are being discontinued. The list of the axed CPUs includes Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Duo Mobile and one Core 2 Quad chip. Moreover, since it is m...

6 November 2008
03:16 GMT

AMD Launches 45nm CPUs, Axes 65nm

The latest news on Advanced Micro Devices unveiled the fact that the chipmaker plans to launch two 45nm quad-core desktop CPUs in November this year. The new Deneb processors, dubbed Phenom X4 20550 and 20350, are meant for socket AM2+ systems and feature core speeds of 3GHz and 2.8GHz, respectively, reports news sit...

5 November 2008
04:42 GMT

AMD Talks About Current Business Strategy

Earlier this month, Intel's archrival, Advanced Micro, announced that it was spinning off its manufacturing facilities into a new company called The Foundry Company, which would be meant to manufacture the chips designed by the mother company, AMD. The decision was part of a business strategy meant to allow the...

17 October 2008
04:08 GMT

4.3GHz for the Ready-to-Come Deneb Chips

Advanced Micro Devices seems well prepared for a powerful comeback on the microprocessor market area. The latest news on its Shanghai server chip unveiled the fact that the company is getting ready to launch a powerful and reliable chip, one that is expected to become a real competitor to Intel's server CPUs. Wh...

6 October 2008
05:58 GMT

AMD Shanghai Processor Ready for Launch

Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday that its next-generation “Shanghai” microprocessor was getting ready to be rolled out. The company also said that the new chip would come with many improvements over its predecessors and without the bugs we saw in those CPUs. Shanghai is expected to replace the c...

30 September 2008
04:13 GMT

Intel Planning 45nm Celeron M Processor

After a more than successful run with its netbook-friendly Atom processor, leading chip maker Intel is expected to unveil another version of the old Celeron M processor. The new model will be designed to take advantage of the latest technology, including the 45nm manufacturing process, which has already been adopted ...

22 September 2008
11:48 GMT

Leaked Slide Confirms AMD 45nm Deneb CPUs at CES 2009

A recently revealed slide showing AMD’s CPU roadmap indicates that the Sunnyvale-based chip maker is bound to release its first 45nm-manufactured quad-core Phenom processors as soon as January 2009. The slide appears to confirm recent rumors, according to which AMD plans to release the first 45nm desktop ...

5 September 2008
02:02 GMT

AMD's 45nm Quad-Cores Debut at CES 2009

According to recent rumors, AMD plans to release its first 45nm-based desktop processors in early 2009. The company will showcase its next generation CPUs, codenamed Deneb, on the 8th of January, on the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show or CES. Sources close to the company state that the new chips produ...

28 August 2008
11:31 GMT

You Can Still Bet on Intel's Q6600

There was a time when Intel's quad-core Q6600 processor was one of the best CPUs for desktop mainstream performance. Naturally, this also meant that it came with a rather premium price tag, set at approximately US$355. This happened, as a slight reminder, almost one year ago. However, the Q6600 has proved to be ...

14 August 2008
03:44 GMT

AMD's New CPUs Will Work in AM2+ and AM3 sockets

AMD has to fight its battles on several battlegrounds in the computing market. But one arena that the manufacturer is used to is the CPU market, where the company falls behind rival Intel in the high-end processors segment. And with Intel's future to come Nehalem architecture, AMD will have a tough time with the...

2 July 2008
06:56 GMT

2009: The Year of AMD's Possible Comeback

As most of you already know, AMD has lost the leading position in the high-end consumer market for quite some time now. Up until now, Intel has been king in the high-performance CPU market, thus leaving plenty of room for AMD to deal with the energy efficient market. Because it lacks the performance punch, AMD's...

16 June 2008
11:48 GMT

More Battery Life, Same Performance with New Penryn-Based MacBooks

Just as the two upgraded Apple MacBooks were released, uncertainty started hovering over the new laptops' performance and battery life. Intel Core 2 Duo - Penryn sports a 45nm refresh which, surprisingly (to some), doesn't improve performance as much as it does battery life.Blokes over at AnandTech have ca...

29 February 2008
09:11 GMT

Intel Beaten at Its Own Game

A smaller fabrication process has a number of advantages, such as the possibility to cram more transistors on the same area and decrease power consumption while increasing the number of chips that are produced from a single silicon wafer. While Intel touted its upcoming 45-nanometer fabrication process and the centra...

3 October 2007
05:07 GMT

Intel's 45nm Processors Roadmap Revealed

Intel plans to go for the 45 nanometer fabrication process and the entire line of central processing units made by this company will be switched over to this new manufacturing technology, including the processors that are intended to be used in a server environment. Among those server aimed processors there are the o...

28 September 2007
05:03 GMT

Shrinking The Intel Chips

Intel Developer Forum proved to be quite an interesting venture as the biggest computer hardware manufacturing company in the whole world decided to share with the rest of the human race some of its projects, objectives and future plans. Among those plans there is the fact that Intel will switch again its fabrication...

21 September 2007
06:18 GMT

Spansion Starts Producing MirrorBit Flash Memory

Spansion, a company developing flash memory solutions, today announced that it has started production of NOR memories based on 300mm wafers and 65 nanometer fabrication process at its SP1 manufacturing plant in Japan. The company plans to attain full productivity levels by the end of the year while keeping pace with ...

19 September 2007
04:20 GMT

Fujitsu Rolls Out 45nm Chips

Fujitsu represents one of the biggest LSI (large system integration) logic chip producer in the world. That statement alone won't be enough especially if you don't have a lot of knowledge related to the VLSI array. The new 45nm technology presented at the 2007 Symposium on VLSI Technology promises to change...

19 June 2007
11:36 GMT

INTEL Will Produce Triple-Channel Memory Controllers

The arrival of Core 2 Duo brought INTEL and its CPUs back into the light. However, the company has not based its upcoming processor design solely on the development of Core 2 Duo. The upcoming 45nm architecture is significantly different from the Penryn CPU (which is essentially a 45nm C2D) in terms of processing pow...

12 June 2007
02:39 GMT

INTEL Rolls Out the First 8-core 45nm Penryn Benchmarks

Lately INTEL has been trying to get everyone's attention with its new CPUs. Well, maybe lately is a little off since INTEL has tried that throughout the latest years. But now, more than ever, INTEL has a perfectly good reason to do that since AMD's Barcelona is almost an equal competitor. Almost...Almost a ...

8 June 2007
03:16 GMT

Get Ready for 45nm Products

One of the biggest, if not the biggest semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taiwan is the TSMC- they are the suppliers for an entire industry and, basically, millions of people use products that they made, and probably don't even realize it. As one of their main concerns is to keep up with the industry's...

10 April 2007
10:15 GMT


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