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That's not a problem with the arch, Klaus. For me it is.
When I look at an arch i ask not only if it makes sense, but also if it can be done, and if yes how long it will take. In the latter I tend to be too optimistic anyway.

..it does have some major new changes that will add risk.

Yup. Added on top of a geometry-transitions and a 300mm-transition.

What would you have done differently? Ask them to do more and hit a faster schedule?

AMDs schedule was as tight as it could be. I'd probably done something opportunistic. An MPC-Quad of 90 silicon by the time when Intel lauched Core-2, e.g. Nothing spectactular, just for an opportunistic bridge, allowing for a fallback to continue it with 65nm silicon if necessary. But then, K8 alone might have enough carry to allow this, if all goes well. I wish them luck it does.

K.