Intel MFG

Intel Will Not Enable 64-Bits in Existing Prescott Cores: "By 3Q 2004, we'll see chip volume from Intel's 90nm process technology surpassing the 130nm technology volume. Regarding Intel's 300mm wafer production, Barrett says Intel is 10 times ahead of the competition in CPU manufacturing and fab capability, yielding sizable cost reductions and competitive advantages. The 130nm process generation will still be manufacturing in declining volume through early 2005, and by mid-2005 we'll see the 65nm technology emerge in products. Using a ballpoint pen tip that's about 1 square millimeter in size, Barrett said a 65nm static ram cell is about 10000 times smaller, or about one half a square micron, and Intel can put about 10M transistors in a square millimeter, or 1B transistors per square centimeter if building SRAM alone, though packing densities would be quite so high for a full microprocessor design. Intel has developed 75 Mbit SRAMs on 65nm technology in their labs. At the 65nm process level, the gate length is about 30nm. "