Silicon Technology from Intel

In another world's first, Intel has demonstrated its 32nm logic process with a functional SRAM packing more than 1.9 billion second generation high-k metal gate transistors. It's a monumental step towards delivering 32nm microprocessors in 2009—and a great leap towards developing significant density, performance, and power improvements beyond today's 45nm technology.

And what are these 1.9 billion transistors? They're the tiny switches that process the ones and zeroes that make up our digital world. They enable Intel to continue to deliver record-breaking PC, laptop and server processor speeds. And they're all packed onto a single memory cell nearly half the size of the 45nm cell—which means, for example, that Intel will be able to deliver more cores on the same die and more cache for even greater performance in the future.