AMD representatives stated that 45nm processors , known under the code name shanghai will be released already soon and they will compose a serious competition to Intel nehalem architecture .
The elder Vice President AMD, Randy Allen, stated that the deliveries Of shanghai will begin in the fourth quarter. It is expected that the first deliveries of 45nm CPU will be directed to the enormous market of two-processor servers. Let us recall, that the key difference in 45nm opteron from the present 65- NM will be the increased L3 cache from 2 to 6 MB.
In this case they will preserve compatibility with the existing platforms, a simple bios update will be required . However, in this case Nehalem will require a new chipset and memory (DDR3 , three slots)....