Intel recently held a press-conference, where they revealed their current plans on implementing the more advanced manufacturing processes. Of course, the information is preliminary and the company may eventually change the current schedule. What is interesting, Intel discussed a bit about the core-clocks of the up and coming NetBurst architecture based microprocessors.
According to the official statement, Intel will manufacture 90% of their microprocessors using 90 nanometer technology by the end of 2004. It looks pretty logical, since it takes Intel about 1.5 years to perform the full transition. As the 90 nanometer process is to be introduced in the second half of 2003, the full transition is likely to happen in early 2005. What is interesting, AMD in May promised to manufacture 100% of their CPUs using 90 nanometer technology by the end of 2003. I do not believe that it will happen, keeping in mind that AMD had loads of problems with 0.13 micron manufacturing process, nevertheless, given that AMD has only one fab they use for manufacturing their CPUs, it will be much easier for them to make the transition and formally lead on the field.
Intel claims that the next-generation Pentium 4 ?Prescott? processor will be able to run at the frequencies of up to 5.0GHz. The successor of the Prescott will be the Tejas, the most advanced in the whole Pentium 4 family, it will be able to run at astonishing 6.0GHz, when it becomes available in 2004.
As for the 65 nanometer technology, the transition is likely to start in early 2005 and it will take another 18 months to make it complete.
News source: X-Bit Labs
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