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Andy

by saying that, there are only two possibilities..........

Chill out. I clearly said I did a google search and found the Zen die to be 44mm2. If someone had a better number then I'd rerun the numbers and stand corrected. Do your own search. Here's the first thing that comes up for me and that's what I went by:

http://wccftech.com/ryzen-smaller-die-intel-zen-architecture-not-good-hpc/

The Zen die is 44mm2 and the Intel die is 49mm2. By that measure 80%+ yield is not unreasonable but it has since been brought to my attention that that is not a proper comparison. A much larger die should be used and that would not allow an 80% yield on a modern process. So please unbunch your panties. I don't want to argue with you. You simply misunderstood my response.