ATI to go 45nm in 2008

ATI has been working closely with the foundry, according to Chou, adding that the company is looking to adopt the 45nm node by 2008. ATI began 80nm production at TSMC at the end of 2005 and started production of its 65nm-made chips from the middle of this year.

It looks like the AMD/ATI merge is already starting to show some serious potential. Considering we are currently at 90nm, 45nm is an incredible jump given the timeframe. What this means to the consumer though, is that the card should require less power, which in turn leads to less heat and better performance.