Intel Ramps Up 45nm Chip Production, Announces 'Atom' Line

Multiple readers have written to tell us of the latest developments out of Intel. Earlier this week, Intel announced the Atom brand of low cost, low power consumption processors. The CPUs, measuring only 25 square millimeters, are the result of the Silverthorne and Diamondville projects. The announcement has caused this CNet columnist to question whether Intel can "spur innovation in ultrasmall devices the way it has in the PC and server industry." Concurrently, Intel has increased its production of 45nm processors to a rate of roughly 100,000 chips per day. As TG Daily notes, the massive investments Intel has made into chip production will make it difficult for AMD to catch up.

Isaiah

[Clay Pigeon -TPF-VS-]

By the looks of things Isaiah will wipe the floor with Atom if intel doesnt bury Via with branding power. Isaiah's out of order execution will offer much better performance than Atom's in-order execution.

Re:Isaiah

[Unoti]

Cmon, get with the program. The next version of office is going to near a dozen cores just for the ribbon bar alone, plus a handful of cores for the new Clippy.