45nm next-generation Intel® Core™ microarchitecture is on its way. With twice the density of Intel® 65nm technology, Intel's 45nm packs about double the number of transistors into the same silicon space. That's more than 400 million transistors for dual-core processors and more than 800 million for quad-core. Intel's 45nm technology enables great performance leaps, up to 50-percent larger L2 cache, and new levels of breakthrough energy efficiency.
Smaller transistors pack the performance punch

Intel's had the world's first 45nm CPUs in-house since early January 2007—the first of fifteen 45nm processor products in development. With one of the biggest advancements in fundamental transistor design in 40 years, Intel's 45nm technology can deliver more than a 20 percent improvement in transistor switching speed, and reduce transistor gate leakage by over 10 fold.
Taking great leaps forward in transistor design

Using a combination of new materials including Hi-k gate dielectrics and metal gates, Intel 45nm technology represents a major milestone as the industry as a whole races to reduce electrical current leakage in transistors—a growing problem for chip manufacturers as transistors get even smaller. And many in the industry have been working to find the right combination of materials and integrate them into a new process technology. But Intel is the first to successfully implement such a combination.

This new transistor breakthrough allows Intel to continue delivering record-breaking PC, laptop, and server processor speeds well into the future. It also ensures that Moore's Law—a high-tech industry axiom that transistor counts double about every two years to deliver more performance and functionality at decreasing cost—thrives well into the next decade.
Intel develops smaller, more energy-efficient transistors

Discover how Intel has developed smaller, more energy-efficient transistors that are enabling faster, more powerful PCs with Intel technology analyst Rob Willoner.

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Delivering the world's first 45nm processor to the world

Codenamed "Penryn," the first family of processors based on the new Intel 45nm Hi-k silicon technology will deliver many new architectural advancements impacting hardware and software performance. Intel has also moved to 100 percent lead-free materials in our 45nm technology and is making the additional move to halogen-free products in 2008 in order to meet our environmental performance goals. Included in this first 45nm launch are new members of the Intel® Core™2 processor and Intel® Xeon® processor families.

There going to be some sweet processors