Intel released the first 45nm processor

Here comes the era of forty-five nanometers, and with it the first processor, manufactured using the 45-nm process technology. Of course, the culprit of this outrage is the company Intel.

The novelty has received four cores, a frequency of 3.0 GHz and the name QX9650. Pebble built on the basis of a very successful Penryn architecture and is designed for desktop PCs. Of the noticeable changes (compared to previous generations of processors on Penryn), the novelty boasts a second-level cache increased to 12 MB, that is, 6 MB for each pair of cores, as well as a new set of 47 SSE4 instructions aimed mainly at acceleration of such modern buns like hd video. The bus, by the way, operates at a frequency of 1333 MHz. As for power consumption, the application of the new process technology is very noticeable: the QX9650 consumes about 60 watts less than its 65-nm predecessor named QX6850.

The appearance of the QX9650 on sale is expected on November 12, however, due to receive distribution only at the beginning of next year. The cost of the stone by Intel has not yet been announced, but it is believed that the price will be set at $ 1,000.
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via Tech Spot