54 MAXIMUMPC december 2007
We’ve been talking about the arrival
of Intel’s 45nm cPU for months. Now
that this dynamo is in our clutches,
we don’t want to let it go!
ompetition breeds excellence. But
what happens when your com-
petition pulls one of the greatest
disappearing acts in technology
history—seemingly giving up on
the battle at the high end? Intel’sanswer is to keep hammering away, despite the
absence of a challenge.
Read on for our in-depth look at Intel’s answer
to Phenom (AMD’s as-yet-unshipped quad-core
CPU). Smaller, faster, and cooler than its prede-
cessor, Penryn will be one tough cookie to beat.by GordoN mah UNG
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