Intel Opens Third High-Volume 65nm Manufacturing Facility

DFI Releases INFINITY 975X/G Motherboard

Intel Opens Third High-Volume 65nm Manufacturing Facility

Intel opened an advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Ireland. The event marks Intel’s third chip factory using its advanced 65nm process technology and the industry’s first chip factory in Europe producing 65nm chips in high volume.

The US$2 billion factory has begun high-volume production using 65nm process technology produced on the industry’s largest wafer size (300mm), which provides the Intel fab with the potential to generate the world’s highest microprocessor output at the lowest cost. Along with Intel’s Fab 12 in Arizona and D1D fab in Oregon, the new facility (called Fab 24-2) is the most technologically advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing plant in the world building multi-core microprocessors.

Demonstrating the speed of its 65nm volume ramp, Intel has achieved an important manufacturing milestone with its three 65nm factories. Known as manufacturing “cross-over,” it means that Intel is currently producing more than half its PC and server microprocessors using this process technology. During a ceremony to officially open the Ireland factory, Otellini said that the 300mm wafers that began running through the new facility three months ago helped the company reach this milestone.

During the summer Intel will introduce Intel Core 2 Duo processors for desktop (formerly codenamed Conroe) and notebooks (formerly codenamed Merom) and the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5100 series (formerly codenamed Woodcrest).

While Intel has a leadership position on 65nm process technology, it is also on track to begin production using its next-generation 45nm process technology by the end of 2007 – just two years after it started production using its 65nm process technology.

Source: Intel

DFI Releases INFINITY 975X/G Motherboard

DFI announced the release of INFINITY 975X/G with support for the next generation Intel Conroe processors and ATI CrossFire technology. The board's based on Intel 975X Express + ICH7 chipset.

The DFI INFINITY 975X/G supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) to regulate and potentially lower power consumption, Intel Hyper-Threading technology, Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T), and Intel Advanced Smart Cache technology to increase efficiency by reducing latency to frequently used data.

The INFINITY 975X/G comes with two PCI Express x16 slots for users who want to play games using the ATI CrossFire platform.

The INFINITY 975X/G supports the external SATA (eSATA) interface. With eSATA, customers can use shielded cables and connectors up to 6 feet (2 meters) outside the PC for easier mobility. Moreover, eSATA supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5. The INFINITY 975X/G is equipped with 4 eSATA ports, with one port delivering speed of up to 3Gb/s.

Similar to LANParty series, DFI 's Infinity 975X/G provides the same OC tweaks in the BIOS for avid players. DFI's Genie BIOS comes with a bunch of tweak BIOS options such as adjusting the CPU/DRAM/NB voltage, CPU/DRAM clock, etc. In addition, the INFINITY 975X/G offers support for the latest and fastest DDR2 memory. The board has four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM slots and is capable of a maximum of 8GB of system memory (DDR2-667).

The DFI INFINITY 975X/G board is scheduled for lease around the end of June.

Source: DFI

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