In Q1 2010
is only 10 percent
Intel is at
the peak of its 45nm production. According to its internal plans, 45nm CPUs
make up 87 percent of its total desktop processor production. This is quite a number, as in
the same quarter Intel had some 10 percent of 32nm improved Nehalem architecture
CPUs.
Many will
be surprised to hear that 65nm is still alive and that it this quite old process accounted for some 3 percent of total
production. In the current quarter,
the Q2 (not U2 ed. ) the 65nm share shrinks to 2 percent of all Desktop shipments, 45nm
shrinks to 83 percent, while 32nm grows some 60 percent to 16 percent total share.
In Q3 2010
Intel plans to shrink the 65nm share further, to only one percent, while 45nm retrieves
to 79 percent and 32nm grows to 20 percent of all desktop CPUs.
In Q4 2010 65nm
CPUs should go to the history books, the 45nm should account for 73 percent while 27 percent should go to upcoming 32nm stars.
The 2011
will all be about shrinking the 45nm production and ramping up the 32nm
production, especially Sandy Bridge.