Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[HailMary]

They were "A" step devices and operated at 2.8 Ghz

Thanks for the data point. I guess my theory of them pushing the transistors is flawed unless they did it from the start. This may indicate 90nm does have some issues in general. We'll get a better idea when Dothan arrives.

all the crap (I mean stuff) that Intel threw into the design and is not bringing any value to the customer yet

I still don't buy this theory. They could have statically tied this logic off to be inactive or had it dynamically disabled. I guess the transistors for this unused portion of the chip would still leak, but I can't see this accounting for more then 5-10W. Leakage power isn't that bad, yet (or is it?). Even with a 10W spot, Prescott consumes too much power.