Photos: Intel launches its 45nm chips

Intel will make the Penryn chips at this plant in Chandler, Arizona, once it is completed later this year. The company tests new chip manufacturing technologies at its research and development centre in Hillsboro, Oregon, before rolling them out to other sites. Intel is also planning to make 45nm chips at a facility under construction in Israel, and will probably convert some existing facilities to 45nm manufacturing over time.

You can read a full explanation of the technology behind Intel's 45nm processes, and learn about its rivals' plans, here.

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