Monday, February 2, 2009

Intel delayed production of hybrid processors.

Company Intel has refused to release hybrid central processing Auburndale and Havendale, including graphic core, said SrunchGear. They planned to manufacture chips in accordance with 45-nanometer production methods.
Instead, Auburndale and Havendale company intends to release a hybrid processor Arandale, created on 32-nanometer production methods. As Auburndale and Havendale, it will include a graphical kernel.
Arandale processor will be presented in the first quarter of 2010. It was expected that the amount of cache memory chip of the third level of six megabytes. More on the processor are not known.
Chips Auburndale and Havendale should consist of two processor cores, four megabytes of cache memory, and third-level graphic core. Auburndale designed for notebooks, its power should not exceed 45 watts, while Havendale with 75 watts of power - for desktop PCs.
The reason for the abolition announcement and Auburndale processors Havendale had an economic crisis. Previously, Intel has announced the closure of the crisis of its five factories to produce chips. As a result, the company has reduced by at least five thousand people.
In addition to Intel, the processor with integrated graphics core of the company is developing AMD. It is called AMD Fusion. His release was appointed for 2011. Previously, AMD had planned to submit the chip in the third quarter of 2008.
Representatives of the company Nvidia criticized the idea of combining conventional and graphic chips. They believe that it will not bring great benefits.

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