Expreview has a review on the yet to be launched Core 2 Duo E8400, codenamed Wolfdale and part of Intel's Penryn family of 45nm CPUs. Aside from the performance improvements we've witnessed already, when the first samples of QX9650 started showing up. What really makes me want to take my hat off to Intel is what they've managed to do in regards of heat output on these new CPUs.
Even overclocked it runs very cool, they managed to reduce power consumption by about 10%, but the CPU temperature has been reduced by as much as 30%, even when running the same clocks and voltage as the old E6850. Sure this ain't what they promised with the new 45nm process when they announced it a few years ago, but they're on the right path to end current leakage. It has plagued all recent CPU architectures and made Intel bury the Netburst architecture.
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