32nm processors

[footballdude2k3]

hey guys, with all the hype that everybody has made about the 45s i thought you guys would love this, so much for future proofing....

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20070918corp_a.htm

 

[Vipernitrox]

future proofing is impossible...
2 weeks later something newer and better is out.

 

[footballdude2k3]

i agree and thats basically what i was saying

 

[Geoff]

Are the 32nm processors going to be octa-cores, or still just quad-cores?

 

[JLV2k5]

Good ^ question...

Lol. There is no way anyone can get excited about the 32nm CPUs when the 45nms havent even been bulk released.

 

[GSAV55]

What is the difference between different nm chips? Just power consumption or what?

 

[JLV2k5]

XXnm (nanometer) is the transistor size. The smaller the transistor the more that can be placed within a CPU. The newer technology uses less power therefore cools easier and can be OCed more. The cache size is increased with the new technology as well

 

[GSAV55]

Moore's law right? I've heard that we've surpassed Moore's law, is that an overstatement?

 

[Motoxrdude]

Wow, too bad it will cost over a grand for a 32nm cpu.

 

[JLV2k5]

Moore's law right? I've heard that we've surpassed Moore's law, is that an overstatement?

No, not surpassed. Skeptics are worried that the trend will end, and we will not be able to keep up with the theory(Doubling amount of transistors in one finite space every two years). So far, the law has been very accurate.

Wow, too bad it will cost over a grand for a 32nm cpu.

How can you predict this?

 

[Motoxrdude]

How can you predict this?

It always costs over a grand for the latest and greatest processor.

 

[GSAV55]

^^Pretty much

 

[JLV2k5]

Fair enough

 

[footballdude2k3]

true, but there are always ones that only cost a couple hundo as well

 

[JLV2k5]

The cheapies