This is the sixth 45-nanometer microprocessor from Intel. As you can tell, it is quite small.
Such a device could go in low cost notebooks and computers. Since it is small, it costs less to make. Think of such a device going into notebooks for emerging markets.
Such a device is also small enough for CE and handheld devices.
The two die on the right show particularly well which parts of the die are the cache.
Process technologies are ten-year-plus developments. It’s a “ten-year journey”.
It’s not “every two years you do one”.
“It’s just one comes out every two years”.
There’s not just a barrier to entry of billions to build a fab. There’s also an investment of time of about ten years.
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