Intel will start shipping 45-nanometer versions of its latest microprocessors for servers, laptops and desktop PCs in the second half of next year, company executives said Monday.The company is only shrinking the processors, not releasing a new microarchitecture, said Tom Kilroy, general manager of the digital entertainment group at Intel, during a media briefing at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei.Intel produces the majority of its Core 2 Duo microprocessors using larger 65-nanometer manufacturing technology. The smaller 45-nanometer technology will enable Intel to improve chip performance by 20 percent, with five times less leakage than current processors, the company said. New production technologies are important to enable companies to make chips faster, more energy efficient and smaller so they take up less room inside devices. Chip-manufacturing technologies are described by the approximate size of features that they can build on a chip. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. When Intel’s next microarchitecture arrives in 2008, code-named Nehalem, its components will also be made at 45-nanometer sizes, ensuring a 300 percent performance per watt increase.-Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service (Taipei Bureau) Related Links: Intel ‘Quad-Core’ Chip to Ship in Nov. E.U. Preps Possible Legal Action Against Intel Intel Keeps on Chasing Chip SpeedCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe