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and most of the time, it will be in the range of 30-60C degrees,

This is Prescott we're dealing with.

Try 70C+ under load.

And see slide 4.

Intel:

at 90nm, ~50% of total power is "active leakage power".
at 130nm, only ~28% of total power is "active leakage power".

Active power increases moderately from 130nm to 90nm, but the leakage increase just ruins Prescott.

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