Panasonic could beat Intel on 45nm chip release

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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/blu-ray/" rel="tag">Blu-ray</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/recorders/" rel="tag">Recorders</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/panasonic/" rel="tag">Panasonic</a></p><a href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/en071002-5/en071002-5.html"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2007/10/10-3-07-uniphier.jpg" /></a>Intel has been touting its 45-nanometer <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/22/intel-readying-slew-of-45nm-penryn-mobile-cpus/">chips</a> for what <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/02/intel-accelerates-45nm-plans-hitting-the-market-q4-07/">seems</a> like <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/intel-sez-penryns-done-lookout-for-45nm-wolfdale-yorkfield/">ages</a>, but if all goes as planned, Panasonic will actually beat the chip giant to the punch by releasing products to the commercial market over a week earlier. Apparently, the six new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/panasonic-turns-out-six-new-blu-ray-recorders/">Blu-ray recorders</a> we spotted at CEATEC will utilize the firm's new generation "<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/19/panasonic-begins-production-of-worlds-first-45nm-circuits/">UniPhier</a> system LSI based on the 45-nanometer process technology," and sure enough, those units are slated to hit Japan on November 1st -- a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/intels-45nm-yorkfield-wolfdale-cpus-get-benchmarked-new-rumo/">full ten days before</a> Intel will reportedly get its Yorkfield crew out to the mainstream. Bet you didn't see that coming, now did you?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/02/panasonic_goes_45nm/">RegHardware</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/en071002-5/en071002-5.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/03/panasonic-could-beat-intel-on-45nm-chip-release/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/forward/1004043/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/03/panasonic-could-beat-intel-on-45nm-chip-release/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/03/panasonic-could-beat-intel-on-45nm-chip-release/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_65-1004043"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/65-1004043?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_65-1004043" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-aol_weblogs_xml&channel=Engadget_Mobile_07_RSS&output=png&cuid=65-1004043&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/03/panasonic-could-beat-intel-on-45nm-chip-release/" /></p>

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