Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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alan81, while I'm no expert at this, I think you are not taking leakage into account. Each process seems to have a frequency range in which power consumption is fairly linear and then hits a point where leakage becomes a larger issue and power consumption is no longer linear. As I understand it, Prescott's power problems are an issue of excess leakage at the clock frequency where Intel wants to bin them.

Hey, but I'm just a software guy, maybe some of our hardware gurus can comment on the linearity of frequency vs. power consumption on a given process.