[H]ard|OCP has posted some very good slides of Intel’s Penryn preview.  Over a dozen 45nm Hi-k designs are being developed by Intel and they shouldn’t have a problem getting them made, they will have 2 45nm manufacturing fabs up and running within 6 to 9 months and 2 more on the way.
“Marking the next step in Intel’s ‘tick-tock’ product strategy and cadence to deliver a new process technology with an enhanced microarchitecture or entirely new microarchitecture every year, Intel Corporation will begin producing its next-generation Penryn family of processors in the second half of this year. These new processors benefit from enhancements to the Intel® Core™ microarchitecture and also Intel’s industry-leading 45nm Hi-k process technology with its hafnium-based high-k + metal gate transistor design, which results in higher performance and more energy-efficient processors.”

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