<span class="content"><font size="2">Intel is on the verge of transitioning to 32nm. We'll see the first parts this year. What do you do with your 45nm fabs when you start moving volume away from them? Make really cheap quad-core Nehalems of course.<br /> </font><span class="content"><font size="2">I'm talking $196. I'm talking faster than AMD's entire lineup. I'm talking about arguably the best processor of 2009. I'm talking about Lynnfield.<br /> </font><span class="content"><br /> <font size="2">I spent much of the past year harping on AMD selling Nehalem-sized Phenom IIs for less than Intel sold Nehalems. With Lynnfield, Intel actually made Nehalem even bigger all while driving prices down. Like I said, what do you do when you're still making boatloads of money in a recession and are about to start emptying your 45nm fabs? </font> <p><font size="2">I should clear things up before we progress much further. Lynnfield is the codename for mainstream 45nm quad-core Nehalem, while Bloomfield refers to the first Nehalem launched at the end of 2008.<br /> </font><span class="content"><font size="2">Despite being cheaper, Lynnfield is larger than Bloomfield. The larger die is due to one major addition: an on-die PCIe controller.<br /> <br /> </font><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634"><font size="2">Read more...</font></a></span></p> </span></span></span>