Intel Corp (INTC)

[alan81]

Really?
Core2 architecture has lower yields than Netburst inherently, from its design
By what metric of yield? (I think most people mean defect density, as it impacts good die when they say yield)...

Do you think Intel gets more than 2 80mm cedarmills (that make a pressler) than the 111mm^2 allendale per wafer?
Since the 4M core 2 has a higher percentage of area as cache than the 4M (actually 2 X 2M) netburst chips the core 2 should exhibit lower defect density.

I think if you look at it as the # of transistors / sq. mm, then core 2 probably has a higher probability of catching a defect on a transistor, but I think the reason the netburst has fewer transistors/area is that it used larger transistors... so really the probability stays the same.
I really can't see where you are coming from on this one... It doesn't fit any yield model I have heard of.
--Alan