AMD showcases 45 nm silicon!!!

[frankR]

AMD needs to get IBM backing them on their fab tech.

[Fred_Pohl]

FWIW, Intel showed the first "fully functional" 45nm wafers in January 2006.

Edit: Damb... Ted3 beat me to it.

[nn_step]

AMD needs to get IBM backing them on their fab tech.

umm IBM is one of AMD's process partners

[Warship]

Cute, but can the fly?

[nn_step]

Cute, but can the fly?

only after being thrown

[Afterburner]

i wonder were will AMD make this chips, couse AFAIK TMSC, Chartered, UMC dont have 45nm process ready to go

Chartered. Remember my couple of posts mentioning their expansion of Module B. The speed at which the contractors were buidling it was astouding. By now the OHTs (Overhead Tranporters) are fully functional and almost 3/4 of the equipment needed would at be their allocated locations. Chartered/AMD is serious about 45nm production and its no surprise that AMD is Chartered's biggest customer. I wouldnt be surprised if AMD was funding the expediting of Module B.....

[adamsleath]

is the first barcelona quads in opterons? like very soon 2007,
...then desktop phenom crapola early 2008?

amd talk about releasing a "tsunami" of new stuff...but that's more like 2008 isn't it?

..but i thought new amd opterons this year actually i have no idea what's going on at all

"ahem; i have a theory: dinosaurs were thin at one end, big and fat in the middle, and thin at the other end. that is my theory."

[Flak Monkey]

Intels first 45nm SRAM: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archi...060125comp.htm
January 25th, 2006. Thats almost 2 years from first SRAM till 45nm CPUs can be bought, i doubt AMD can do it much faster so im not going to be exited quite yet.

That's true but this is SRAM and logic.

[metro.cl]

Chartered. Remember my couple of posts mentioning their expansion of Module B. The speed at which the contractors were buidling it was astouding. By now the OHTs (Overhead Tranporters) are fully functional and almost 3/4 of the equipment needed would at be their allocated locations. Chartered/AMD is serious about 45nm production and its no surprise that AMD is Chartered's biggest customer. I wouldnt be surprised if AMD was funding the expediting of Module B.....

According to Chartered they will have a 45nm fab ready by Q3 2007 for genenral prod. For low power on Q1 2007, but that is distant from working CPU samples ready to market

[Shintai]

That's true but this is SRAM and logic.

Intels had logic too. You simply need some logic for control and such. So their first wafer came from IBM to help their image. Now they release their first home made one. With 65nm still ramping I dont see 45nm anytime soon from AMD....

[Shintai]

Just a little sidenote for those talking about foundries. TSMC got 65 and 45nm too. But its simply not ready for CPu or even GPU grade. AMD still struggle with 65nm on their GPU.

Roughly you can say 65nm aint 65nm when comparing. Or 45nm for that matter. We already make some memory at 50nm as example. But thats lightyears from making CPUs or the simpler GPUs.

[DilTech]

Intels first 45nm SRAM: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archi...060125comp.htm
January 25th, 2006. Thats almost 2 years from first SRAM till 45nm CPUs can be bought, i doubt AMD can do it much faster so im not going to be exited quite yet.

AMD had their 45nm SRam within 6 months of intel...

This is just a bit different.

[Shintai]

AMD had their 45nm SRam within 6 months of intel...

This is just a bit different.

No...IBM had their 45nm within 6months of Intel. Unless AMD owns the Fishkill facility...

[gdogg]

No...IBM had their 45nm within 6months of Intel. Unless AMD owns the Fishkill facility...

And the xbox 360, is powered by IBM, lol I like the sounds of that enough to think about buying an xbox for a second lol.

or if you wanna hear something really funny, xbox 360, mac inside LOL.