Media and Consulting firm UBM TechInsights says it was able to obtain a sample of Intel's 22 nm Ivy Bridge processor ahead of the CPU's official launch.
The company deconstructed the chip and performed a structural analysis that is planned to be released in two parts on May 4 and May 18. Some images have been released by EETimes, which is also part of UBM.
According to TechInsights, the 3.3 GHz Core i5-3550 was packaged in Malaysia and has a die size of 170 mm2, which is down from 208 mm2 for a comparable Sandy Bridge processor. The company analyzed the processor using electron microscopy as well as "x-ray techniques" and spreading resistance profiling and said it discovered 90 nm gate pitches in the embedded SRAM, but also 22 nm gate lengths in the logic areas.
A published picture confirms Intel's 22 nm tri-gate 3D transistors. 
Just like your size can not be determined by height alone(height, width, thickness), the same is with transistors.
22nm is size of the gate, 90nm refers to the distance between transistors. Way different.
will be the same, crysis is already cheap n light.
will be the same, crysis is already cheap n light.
Intel’s Ivy Bridge Core i7 3770K Retail Box Leaked – TDP Raised to 95W?
If so, will it only be an issue with the k overclock versions or will it be an issue with all Ivy Bridge CPU's across the board i.e. k, s, t, and the regular 3770 and 3570's?
Just like your size can not be determined by height alone(height, width, thickness), the same is with transistors.
22nm is size of the gate, 90nm refers to the distance between transistors. Way different.
This has nothing to do with...anything here really. Crysis 2 was dumbed down to keep it even with consoles, as well as featuring better optimization than the original Crysis (which was a beast, but by NO means needed quad SLI to be played at max graphics, unless you were using cards that were 1-2 years old at that stage).
Related to the article: I want me an electron microscope!
K series are always higher -- normal. Standard cpus should be less ~65-80w
Its not sad its pathetic
New tech... though it does make me nervous that the CPUs are not going to last. They could be cooking themselves from the inside out, and though they should last through warranty, this does not mean they are still not design flawed.
mmm well, 1080p wasn't a problem for 2x 8800 ultras when they came out. It was the 2560x1600 res that was never playable, and that was because of bad coding.
and the update to z77 boards with ivy as well.
Ouch... All of that time and money invested into being the first to 22nm, and they gained literally nothing, and in fact may have even regressed?
Intel apparently has too much pride to delay their 22nm long enough to get it right. It could be another 6 to 12 months or longer before they get it together, I guess their going to start selling you nanometers much like they sold Ghz in the Pentium4 era.
What's worse is that if Trinity and Piledriver do well, then GloFo's 32nm process may perform just as well or better than Intel's 22nm, which could mean another coupe just like Athlon64. Except of course, it will be even worse, because AMD also has a massive integrated graphics lead now.
Everybody is getting hot and bothered about the IB OC temps. At stock it does not get hot. The performance reviews that have been out already suggest that IB is ~5-10% better per clock and per watt than SB was, with a much better GPU. Believe it or not that is progress. Will it break any OC records? Not likely. But it is a clearly better CPU... just weak on the OC side of things.
Besides, the IB chips coming out a few months from now will no dobut be better than the ones produced at first. I is merely a matter of figuring out their process and ironing out the rest of the kinks. By the time Haswell comes out (lol if it comes out as I understand this is the 4th Intel product with that name and the other 3 turned into vaporware) they will have 22 down pat, and combined with a new architecture we will see the performance we were looking for.