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Elmer, also keep in mind that Intel now has a 75% attach rate for their chipsets, and almost all of this is currently .18u Brookdale parts.
What is meant by "attach rate"?
With die sizes only slightly smaller than CPUs, more than 22 million chipset parts requires quite a lot of fab capacity.
Multiply that by 2 for the south bridge as well!
Add to that Granite Bay and Springdale next year, both of which support dual channel memory and (I'm guessing) larger die sizes, and I have a feeling that Intel will have .18u production cut out for them, even after transitioning Celeron back to .13u manufacturing.
Yes of course that will strain .18u capacity but I still don't understand the need to go outside. Again I must admit that Intel has a far better understanding of their needs and capacity than I do so if they persue it the it must be for a reason. Keep in mine that this has not been confirmed yet by Intel.
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