quote: A 4 core MCM like Penryn at 45nm process will be 107mm2 x2 = 214mm2Extrapolating a 4 core Barcelona at 45nm process will be283mm2 x 0,59 = 167mm2so:A 2 core Penryn at 45nm process will be 107mm2a 2 core Phenom at 45nm process will be 83,5mm2
quote: The new one looks to be a native quad that they will mcm to eight core with hyperthreading on each core. 16 simultaneous threads
quote: (hmm... IBM managed to get pass 5.0 Ghz(so they claim) in a bigger chip (Power 6), in the same almost exact 65nm process of AMD, why cant they get somehow much closer to that ?)
quote: it has advaced SSE4 instructions that help in media encoding and tech computing performace
quote: Thats why they have been playing catch up to AMD since the K6 right?
quote: Intel has always sucked on the media end of things
quote: but since the K7 and K8 yes.