Compared with the fastest transistor used today, the new technology further lowers the leakage problem, boosts the switching speed by 45%, and lowers the power consumption by 35%.
In the short coming future, Intel would also introduce High-K material and Strained Silicon technologies into production. It will keeps Moore's law for 10 more years According to the Intel’s roadmap, 45nm products will be released sometime in the second half of 2007
http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/itnews.php?tid=619994#bottom
Sure that does not mean 45% higher freqfency for Core2. I wonder what prices will have Core2 chips than?