Intel Reinvents Transistors Using New 3-D Structure!

Article from Intel's news page: http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/05/04/intel-reinvents-transistors-using-new-3-d-structure?cid=emea:ggl|20110504_uk_intel|ti1A7DA|s

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Intel announces a major technical breakthrough and historic innovation in microprocessors: the world's first 3-D transistors, called Tri-Gate, in a production technology.
The transition to 3-D Tri-Gate transistors sustains the pace of technology advancement, fueling Moore's Law for years to come.
An unprecedented combination of performance improvement and power reduction to enable new innovations across a range of future 22nm-based devices from the smallest handhelds to powerful cloud-based servers.
Intel demonstrates a 22nm microprocessor – codenamed "Ivy Bridge" – that will be the first high-volume chip to use 3-D Tri-Gate transistors.

This seems really interesting! Almost makes me wish I'd waited a few more years before getting a laptop...But tell me, is this really as big an advancement as they're making it out to be?(Sorry, meant to put this in World News; although it does vaguely relate to emulation what with the increase in power. Could someone move this please?)

Interesting. Not sure if it's as big as they say it is as I have no idea about processors.