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[Golfbum]

when the p4 tapped out on prescott even at 65nm it required a major architecture redesign to get things in balance with what the process could deliver, i.e. core and core2.

i think the problem that amd is having is a combination of a process wall (lack of gate oxide scaling) and insufficient resources to staff a real architecture redesign.

barcelona may well be their prescott in terms of not meeting expectations.

gb