Intel Officially Launches 45nm Penryn Chips
11.12.07 - 12:20pm
Yesterday Intel officially unveiled its 45nm Penryn architecture with the launch of the 3.0GHz QX9650 desktop processor and 15 individual server processors ranging from 1.86GHz dual-cores to 3.2GHz quad-cores. These new processors contain many firsts for Intel including their removal of lead and halogens in their manufacturing process to which Intel totes their processors as being Eco-Friendly. No matter what, these new processors are positively ridiculous with some benchmarks already available showing 6GHz operating frequencies. While these server chips won’t be what you’ll see in your desktop, the LGA775 version of them will be launching in Q1 08 with prices similar that are a bit cheaper than the server X54xx chips. I’ve got to admit I’m rather excited for the replacement for the Q6600 which I believe is the Q9450 processor with a 2.66GHz processor speed and an estimate price around $300. Glad to see these chips finally hit the market, almost makes me feel bad for AMD as their Phenom gets phenomenally crushed in the benchmarks.
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