Replies to post #53466 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[wbmw]

Re: This is a peculiar idea. :-)

So is the silly notion of AMD having an easier time at 45nm than they had at 65nm....

[alan81]

Straight from the AMD playbook...
So most likely AMD will stick to 65nm transistors, and shrink the other features only
This is a peculiar idea. :-)
AMD has claimed that they do more of a gradual development than Intel does. The first 65nm process was supposed to use the same transistor as the last 90nm process... then they do another 65nm process with an improved transistor... then they do a first generation 45nm process with the improved 65nm transistor... etc...
AFAIK, based on product performance so far they are still using the 90nm transistors on the 65nm process. This says quite a bit about where they will be on 45nm.
--Alan