Intel IT and Synopsys conducted a joint performance assessment of 64-bit Intel multi-core platforms running Synopsys Proteus application for optical proximity correction (OPC). We found the 45nm Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series improved throughput as much as 6.53x compared to the single-core 64-bit Intel Xeon processor and up to 2.29x compared to the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5100 series. Read full testing and results in this white paper.