Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[HailMary]

Did anyone see this part of the anandtech article:

Most interesting, however, is the small footnote below the roadmap which claims the FX-55 and Athlon 64 >4000+ (presumably 4200+) will require 104 watts/80 amps. According to P = IV, we assume the processors must be running at 1.3V.

There is something to get out of this even though the analysis is flawed. The spec is 104W TDP and max ICC 80 amps, which says nothing about the voltage.

But what I did get out of this is AMD is increasing TDP on A64. I would hope this increased spec is for extending 130nm lifetime and is not the spec for 90nm parts.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2056