[Uninitiated]

Intel claims 45 nm breakthrough
So what are the implications of this on Macs in the near future? How soon do you think we'll be seeing these chips on Apple systems?

[griffman]

"The microprocessor chips, which Intel plans to begin making in the second half of this year..."
Not before the second half of the year, which probably means no earlier than fall, possibly winter. But really, only Apple and Intel know, and they're not talking.
-rob.

[Uninitiated]

I'm curious to hear what these smaller transistors will lead to... 16 cores? 4 GHz and up? Are we going to them showing up on new kinds of devices?
In terms of impact, are they going to dramatically change the power of the next Mac Pros or MacBook/Pros? Worth waiting for if I don't need existing ones? Just opening up a question for people's thoughts...

[MacCheetah3]

Hi
It's claimed that they will increase performance and decrease heat / power draw for even current designs. This allows companies like Intel to move to 45nm manufacturing technology down from the current 65nm. That move allows for smaller dies which could result in both higher clocked chips and more cores per chip.
Or so as I understand / interpret.

[feefer]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but 45nm chips are hardly 'new' news. The upgrade has been on Intel's roadmap for at least a few years now (from 12/05, and this was not even the first report):
http://www.tomshardw.../2005/12/04/topsecretintel[u]processorplans_uncovered/page6.html
Chris

[MacCheetah3]

Hi
Correct but it is finally "coming to light."