According
to X-bit Labs, AMD plans to announce its first desktop microprocessors
produced using 45nm process technology on the 8th of January, 2009, the first
day of Consumer Electronics Show. The code-named Deneb chips will not get truly
high clock-speed boost, but will be able to offer substantially higher
performance thanks to larger cache and architectural improvements. The first
desktop processors from AMD made using 45nm process technology will be AMD
Phenom X4 chips clocked at 2.80GHz and 3.00GHz, sources familiar with AMD's
plans said. The new processors will support both DDR2 and DDR3 memory, but since
the initial chips will be available in socket AM2+ form-factor, the chips will
have to rely on dual-channel DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066MHz DDR2) memory.