Intel has begun to produce chips made on the 65-nanometer process, adding an optimistic note to what has been a somewhat tough month for the chip giant.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker started to produce Presler desktop chips in volume a few weeks ago and is shipping them to PC makers, said spokesman John Casey. Presler is a dual-core processor sporting a new design. Computers containing Presler will come out next year.
Yonah, a 65-nanometer dual-core notebook chip, will go into volume production by the end of the year, he added. By the third quarter of 2006, more chips will be produced on the 65-nanometer process than on the 90-nanometer process, the so-called crossover point.
Although chip designs and novel transistor concepts often gain headlines, semiconductor producers live and die by manufacturing and much of Intel's success can be attributed to relentless advances in production.
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