Intel has laid out the road-map for future microprocessors in a press release, Intel Details Upcoming New Processor Generations. At the 45nm level:
Six Penryn family processors, including dual and quad-core desktop processors and a dual core mobile processor are all under the Intel Core processor brand name as well as new dual and quad-core server processors under the Intel Xeon processor brand name.
The most significant may be this one:
The mobile Penryn processor has a new advanced power management state called Deep Power Down Technology that significantly reduces the power of the processor during idle periods such that internal transistor power leakage is no longer a factor. This helps extend battery life in laptops. This is a major advancement over previous generation industry leading Intel mobile processors.
After that, there will be a new next-generation microarchitecture, code-named Nehalem, with initial production at 45nm in 2008 (tick). This will go into production in a shrink derivative codenamed Westmere at the 32nm level (tock).
Finally, there will be another new microarchitecture at the 32nm level, code-named Gesher.
AnandTech has the details, and comments:
Obviously part of today's announcements were intended to pre-empt any excitement about AMD's Barcelona architecture, but Intel is doing the right thing. It's sharing a very forward looking roadmap with the public early on in order to rebuild trust and confidence, especially after what happened with NetBurst.
