AMD showcase its first 45nm quad-core chips running multiple operating systems and a range of processing intensive applications at the CeBIT 2008, Germany. The processors were produced at AMD's 300mm Fab 36 manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany, using an advanced 45nm process co-developed with IBM.

AMD's 45nm transistors are engineered to enable greater performance-per-watt capabilities in AMD processors and platforms. AMD combines new processes and materials with cutting-edge technologies, such as immersion lithography and AMD's fourth-generation strained silicon, for a highly-manufacturable, highly-efficient production process, said the company.

This milestone is the first of many as AMD moves toward delivery of 45nm products later this year, the company noted. The first 45nm chips demonstrated by AMD include Shanghai for server and Deneb for desktop platforms. AMD also announced its latest IGP chipsets, the AMD 780 series.

AMD 780 series motherboards form a core platform component for both AMD's desktop PC platform codenamed Cartwheel and notebook PC platform codenamed Puma, which are both scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2008.

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