The New 45nm Core 2 Duos Can Be Found In Japan
Currently, AMD struggles with their 45nm processors in the test labs, despite the fact they said the results so far are great, we won't get to see them on the market until this year's late autumn, probably. In the meantime, Intel revealed 16 new 45nm processors at CES, and some of them are already being used inside the new Mac Pros but, as it usually happens with new hardware, they are not that easy to find as CPU-in-a-box. Well, not anymore... but you have to be in Japan to get one!
Unfortunately, as you can see above, the pricing in Japan is higher than in US, but for now, everywhere, the problem is availability, and not price. For example, the E8400 is priced at 26,800yen, which means about 250USD, and previous statements from Intel said this CPU is going to sell at $183, in 1,000 batches. These being said, let's see what new 45nm CPUs from Intel we should expect, shall we?
The announced 16 new processors go like this: 5 mobile dual-cores, 7 desktop processors (4 dual and 3 quad-core), as well as 4 Xeon processors for servers. While the mobile processors don't leave you much freedom of choice, as long as you don't get to choose your laptop's hardware parts, in most cases, I'll tell you a few things about the current desktop 45nm parts available from Intel...
Phenom's competitors on the desktop market look pretty strong on paper, and I don't think they'll disappoint in practice, either. Here's what we have here for our desktops (or what we'll have, because not many people could simply go today in a computer store and grab one)...
The dual-core gang includes the E8190 and E8200 "junior" models, with frequencies below 3GHz and 6MB L2 cache, and a FSB speed of 1333MHz. The top dual-core model is the E8500, with 3.16GHz frequency, 6MB of L2 cache and the same FSB speed as all new 45nm desktop processors from Intel, 1333Mhz.
At last, we have the almighty Q9300, Q9450 and Q9550 quads, first of them having 6MB of L2 cache, and the last two, 12MB. The frequencies are all below 3GHz, but I am sure that can be "solved" with proper cooling and a bit of overclocking...
These being said, I have to remind you: if you're in Japan or you have a trip planned for the near future, you may consider purchasing a new 45nm Intel CPU there, if you can't find any of them in the neighbourhood!
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