[Mihai]

45nm process, 820 million transistors for the new quadcores, available in 2008.

http://tgdaily.com/2007/01/27/intel_45n ... n_details/

Intel shows off its tech horsepower, revealing more details about its upcoming 45 nm CPU generation: Penryn, a processor core that will replace the current 65 nm Core 2 processors, uses a new transistor technology to boost performance and reduce power consumption. The Penryn quad-core will carry a stunning 820 million transistors.

[glypticmax]

Looks like good news.
And according to the Washington Post........

Hours after Intel publicly disclosed it had reached this milestone, International Business Machines announced that it had developed a similar technology in collaboration with Advanced Micro Devices, Intel's chief rival, and would begin using it in products next year.

[-Adrian]

Great, i just learned what IBM stands for <o/

410m transistors on a die smaller than a penny. We're so used to it by now but it's truly marvelous technology.

I hope we'll still have competition, it's very quiet on the AMD side for a relatively long time now.