Intel recently announced it was going to be producing several of its new processors using 32nm technology and not 45nm technology.  So what does this mean, well following Moore’s Law and previous posts, this means more transistors and those transistors are more tightly packed on the die.  In theory, this leads to higher processing speeds and more cores per chip and/or less power requirements.

For Intel this represents a $7B investment and they are hedging their bet that PC sales will pickup by 2010 and they will stay the market leader in terms of the technology.

For you, I don’t believe this represents much.  Most of the CPU cycles in your desktop/laptop are idle and wasted doing nothing.  It will take some leaps in software to fully utilize more cores in the CPU and even then.  Take a look at a prior post for more insight as well.

Karl Weir

Director of Consulting, Globalquest Solutions Inc.

Tags: Technology Today

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