Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[pgerassi]

Chipguy:

First you said that "the processors operating voltage is set to the minimum for proper operation". That was wrong occording to that shmoo plot. Voltage is set between 16 and 22% above minimum operating voltage (1.15-1.10V wrt). Second, you claimed that to go higher, Vdd would have to be raised. Yet to go 7% higher or 2.8GHz (given the percentages from the real numbers that would have been used), Vdd could be dropped to 1.3V.

Lastly, that data was taken well before 2/17/2006. Likely in Q4 of 2005. There has been 2-3 upgrades in transitors since then. 7% gets it to 2.8GHz and 14% gets it to 3GHz. Since SiGe is supposed to net a 30% increase in speed, that pushes it to 3.4GHz at the same power. And thats before any increases due to the transition to 65nm.

So WTF do you know? This old shmoo plot has already proven you wrong twice.

Pete