Intel releases a microprocessor model with 45-nanometer transistors

On January 27, 2007, Intel Corporation announced that it was using two completely new materials to build isolation walls and switch ports for its 45-nanometer (nm) transistors.

Hundreds of millions of micro-transistors - or converters - will be available in the next generation of multi-core Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Intel Core 2 Quad and Xeon. Intel also said that there are five products currently in the first version - of the 15 45-nm processors currently planned by Intel.

The success of this transistor technology allows Intel to continue to offer record-breaking speed in personal computer, laptop and server processors, while reducing power loss. from transistors which can become barriers to processors and designs, sizes, power consumption, noise and cost of personal computers.

Intel has expanded its predecessor by more than a year compared to the rest of the semiconductor industry with the first 45 nm processors in its next generation 45 nm family - named code is Penryn. These early versions, which will be targeted at various computer market segments, are running on Windows Vista, Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux operating systems, as well as a host of other applications.

Intel was the first corporation to deploy a breakthrough combination of new materials that drastically reduced the power loss of transistors and improved performance in its 45 nm processing technology. Intel will use a new material called high-k, for transistor gate dielectrics, and a new combination of metal materials for transistor gate electrodes.

Intel's 45 nm processing technology also enhances transistor density by approximately 2 times the previous generation, allowing Intel to either increase the total number of transistors or make smaller processors. Because 45 nm transistors are smaller than the previous generation, they will consume less power to turn off and on, reducing approximately 30% of the power to switch states.

The Penryn processor family is a derivative of the Intel Core microarchitecture and marks Intel's next step in rapidly developing a new processing technology and the new microarchitecture platform. every 2 years. The combination of Intel's 45-nm leading processing technology, the ability to mass-produce and groundbreaking microarchitecture has enabled Intel to develop the first 45-nanometer Penryn microprocessors.

With over 400 million transistors for dual-core processors and more than 800 million for quad-core microprocessors, the 45 nm Penryn family of processors is integrated with new microarchitecture features to deliver performance. higher performance and better power management capabilities, as well as higher processor speeds and cache capacity of up to 12 megabytes. Their Penryn designs also include approximately 50 new scripts that extend the capabilities and performance of high-performance multimedia applications.

L.Quang