At the CeBit show in Hanover, Germany, AMD recently demonstrated their quad-core processors with K10 micro-architecture manufactured with 45nm process. The first 45nm chips demonstrated by AMD include the "Shanghai" product for server and "Deneb" for desktop platforms.
"45nm Deneb and Shanghai processors are expected to have their shared L3 cache increased to 6MB. As a result of transition from 65nm to 45nm production technology, they should be able to drop processor TDP one step down. The top CPUs should have their maximum TDP reduced from 140W to 125W. More mainstream quad-core processor models should have their TDP dropped from 125W to 95W with the transition to 45nm process. They also expect the clock speed of the top CPU models to increase at least to 2.8-3.0GHz. All 45nm desktop AMD processors scheduled to be released this year will be designed for Socket AM2+ and will support DDR2-1066 SDRAM. Only in Q1 2009 we should see Socket AM3 processors that will also support DDR3-1333 in addition to their compatibility with DDR2 memory." [X-bit Labs]
Hmm. So upgraders should hold on as AM2+ and AM3 mainboards become more readily available. (And AM2 mobos get huge discounts?)
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