For intel company the existence of nine models series processors with four core is occasion for the statements about superiority over AMD in this sphere. The competitor Of intel, let us recall, must present processors with four core on one crystal in the second quarter of this year : it will release then the servers processors barcelona. Their desktop relatives (Agena) will appear only in the third quarter.
Associates found that it s necessary to again remind about the fact that Intel company is ready to place first million four core processors on the market to the middle of the present year. Although in the absolute expression this number seems imposing, the fraction of processors intel with four core in the assortment of production will not exceed 5-8%. The period of the popularization of desktop processors with four core will come to the third quarter, since in the second quarter will fall in price rocessor core 2 Quad q6600 (2.4 GHz), and in the third quarter will be released processor core 2 Quad q6400 (2.13 GHz) with cost on the order of $450.
Intel also mentioned during the past months with conference that the company actually has available operational models 45 nm processors generations penryn, which will begin to be released in the second half of this year. Although it was previously communicated only about the ability of existing models penryn to load operating system Windows XP, now representatives Intel explain, that the processors also manage to load Windows vista, Linux and Mac OS- X.
For the production of 45 nm intel processors will begin to operate three factories, which use 300 mm plate. Names of two of them are already known: Fab 32 (Arizona, USA) and Fab 28 (Israel). The third 45 nm factory it can become the new construction in Vietnam, which will be connected to the production process in 2008.