Intel Itaniums will skip to 32nm..

[baron5]

whoa ive never even heard bout these itaniums b4. for intels sake i hope that the time they finally on top with their cpus they dont come crumbling down below amd agen.

 

[b1gapl]

32 nm... thats getting really close to that 25nm limit. For those who don't know, at around 25nm the laws of quantum physics will allow electrons to leap across transistor drawbridges even when they're open, effectively breaking down the basis of the modern computer circuit.

How comes theres possibly talks of 22nm and 16nm, then?

 

[veg1992]

nice.. .wait Itaniums are server CPU's right?

 

[fastrandstrongr]

different methods, obviously. what i meant was that new technology has to be (and is) developed to continue the trend in microcomputing.

 

[b1gapl]

nice.. .wait Itaniums are server CPU's right?

Yes, they are...

 

[veg1992]

ok so no 32nm CPU's for regular Power-Users like us............

 

[zmatt]

not for a few more years no.

 

[b1gapl]

I'm guessing around 2009.

 

[veg1992]

dong-gar-nit!!!!! well so much for a real cool CPU, but i'll settle for a 45nm process for now.....

 

[kobe24]

by 2009 they'll probly be like im bored with 32 and skip to 8 lol