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AMD Announces 65-nm Chips, Touts Power Savings

Several readers wrote in about AMD's entry into the 65-nm manufacturing generation. The company introduced four chips to be manufactured with 65-nm process in the first quarter of 2007 to replace existing 90-nm chips in their lineup. AMD is playing up the power economy of its line, claiming that even its existing 90-nm parts consume less than 50% the power of Intel's Core 2 Duo, averaged over a typical day's usage, while the new 65-nm chips will be even stingier with power. Next stop, 45-nm. The article says that AMD has a goal of catching up within 18 months to Intel's lead on the way to 45-nm technology.

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  1. Re:Technology, progress. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm way ahead of the game, my transistors are -30nm. I had to do some funny things with space time, but they work. Until you observe them anyways. Next up, I'm going for inm chips.

  2. Re:That's all fine and dandy.... by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 3, Funny

    You might change your behavior if your laptop's battery lasted longer. What if it could go 12 hours without plugging in?

    I have the reverse problem; HP made a few laptops with full-power Pentium 4 CPUs a couple of years ago, and I got one. It's nice and fast, but its battery life is roughly 23 seconds.

  3. Re:That's all fine and dandy.... by cmckosaurous · · Score: 5, Funny

    At 23 seconds I would call you lucky. With my Sony, the battery only lasted 16 seconds before it exploded! Now THAT is poor battery life.

  4. Re:Technology, progress. by ajlitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just stay away from (-30+i)nm chips. They're way too complex.

  5. Re:Technology, progress. by ArcherB · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm way ahead of the game, my transistors are -30nm. I had to do some funny things with space time, but they work. Until you observe them anyways. Next up, I'm going for inm chips.

    Great! This guy has Schroeder's Notebook!

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  6. 18 months? by abshnasko · · Score: 3, Funny

    The article says that AMD has a goal of catching up within 18 months to Intel's lead on the way to 45-nm technology. How are they already 18 months behind when they were ahead 4 months ago?
  7. Re:Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is Slashdot, not Santa Claus. Please stay on topic.

  8. Re:That's all fine and dandy.... by Gilmoure · · Score: 4, Funny

    Luxury. My laptop would run out of power 45 minutes before I started it, explode, stab me to death with bread knives and then dance about on my grave singing Hallelujah. And that was if we were lucky!

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