veedubfreak
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Not to be "that guy" but the 32nm chips are going to run hotter than the 45nm chips. Whenever there is a die shrink 1 of 2 things happen. You can fit more transistors on the same amount of space, or you reduce the size of the die using the same transistor count. Either way, the amount of transistors per square inch goes up, thus more heat is being produced in the same amount of space. The reason for die shrinking is to either reduce the cost of manufacturing or to allow for higher performance on the same die size.