AMD Claims Better 45nm Innovations Than Rival Intel
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Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are competing in a high-stakes battle to adopt 45-nanometer technology, where the size of circuitry on a chip averages 45 nanometers, as opposed to 65 nanometers today.
Intel claims a year’s lead in the process. AMD says it is only six months behind. 45-nanometer chips are faster, cheaper and less power-hungry. They will be used in personal computers that are more powerful and more efficient. AMD says it is bringing innovations to its 45-nanometer production that Intel is not deploying. One is “immersion” lithography that will more effectively etch circuits on a piece of silicon and allow a factory to increase its output of finished wafers.
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