Mar. '01 Headlines

Intel and AMD have pushed the envelope in clock speed in recent history-- most notably last year during the "race" to the 1 GHz mark. It is pretty logical to understand the 0.18 micron process used currently by the Athlon and Pentium 4 will cause a 'roadblock' in clock speed, unless transistors are shrunk considerably.

The question is when both CPU giants will adopt the 0.15 micron process...

For CPUs to run theoretically above and beyond the 2 GHz threshold, this "shrink" must occur. Not only will a 0.15 micron process reduce the size of transistors, it will also generate less heat, which overall could do well for system stability.

In order for Gordon Moore's law to stay intact, it is inevitable that AMD and Intel will implement this process. They will not be the first, however, to use 0.15 micron CPUs, as Via has done this recently with their Cyrix III (Samuel 2) chip. Unfortunately, in the case of Via, their CPU is underperforming, and does not benefit whatsoever from transistor shrink.

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