Moving towards third generation USB The Nehalem is functional Intel 32nm is on schedule Penryns starting November 12th

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Moving towards third generation USB   Posted on 19/09/2007 at 11:52 by Marc

	HP, Intel, Microsoft, Nec, NXP and Texas Instruments are currently working on the conception of USB 3.0. Compatible with the previous USB version, the new one attempts to multiply the speed of USB 2.0 by a factor of 10. You may recall we currently attain 480 Mbits /s, so this will then be 4.8 Gbits /s. The final version of USB 3.0’s specifications should see the day in the first half of 2008.

The Nehalem is functional   Posted on 19/09/2007 at 11:09 by Marc

	Intel took advantage of the IDF to come back to its future Nehalem architecture which will arrive in 2008. Very few additional details were given compared to what was already announced 6 months ago. Representing proof of the fine progress made in the development of this architecture, Intel made a first demonstration of the chip in its « A0 » version dating from barely three weeks ago. Note that the Nehalem will have 731 million transistors. Given that the Penryn has 410 million and is only a dual core processor, the Nehalem being a quad core, we can assume that cache size will be slightly reduced.

Intel 32nm is on schedule   Posted on 19/09/2007 at 10:52 by Marc

	In January 2006, Intel announced having produced the first SRAM chip engraved in 45nm which at the time added up to more than a billion transistors. While the first 45nm processors will soon arrive on the market, the Santa Clara giant has announced the successful engraving of SRAM chips in 32nm on a 300mm wafer. This time each chip contains slightly more than 1.9 billion transistors. Intel says that it’s on schedule to introduce processors engraved in 32nm for 2009. You may recall this will be the Westmere, which will be a die-shrink of its Nehalem architecture available next year in 45nm.

Penryns starting November 12th   Posted on 19/09/2007 at 10:44 by Marc

	Intel officially announced at the IDF that on November 12th it will launch its first processor based on the Penryn core. This will be the Core2 Extreme Edition QX9650 set at a «mere» 3 GHz, while Intel presented a demonstration of a 3.33 GHz version last April. The gains announced by Intel vary without SSE4 between 7 and 13% compared to a QX6850 at equivalent frequencies. The other versions of the Penryn are expected out in the beginning of 2008.