AMD Seems Happy With Their 45nm Quad Cores
No matter how much one would love AMD, we all must admit Intel is the clear leader of the CPU market, but that doesn't mean things aren't going to change once again. At least on paper, all products look great before the public gets its hand on them, and this time, it's about AMD's new 45nm quad-core processors...
AMD released 65nm processors quite a while after Intel, and that's one of the reasons for analysts to be in doubt when they claim to release 45nm chips this year, apart from the financial problems the company is passing through.
In a recent conference call with financial analysts, AMD claimed the 45nm quad-core processors are already in their testing labs, and they should be shipping before 2009 arrives. Obviously, this is one of the facts that remains to be seen, as well as the performance achieved by these new models, since the Phenom processors are not living up to the expectations...
According to AMD's CFO, Robert Rivet, “We’re trying to ramp as quickly as possible 45 nanometer, starting on Fab 38 and we continue to try to execute as quickly as possible to get new products out there, so we’re making those appropriate investments and as prudently as possible.", and that's exactly what they should do. After the Phenom series plagued with various problems, their 45nm chips should make things straight, or they may even toil the bell for AMD...
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