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"90 All Over"

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1110/
Nonetheless, it's pretty clear that these 90nm chips don't run significantly cooler at a given frequency than their 130nm forefathers, which is what you would expect if SOI kept the old rules on process shrinks alive, where you'd expect a power drop of a third or more.
It's also fairly clear, though, that SOI is helping heat matters to some degree, temperature increases from the little info we have don't seem to be as explosive as Prescott's.
Nonetheless, it's pretty clear from initial results that AMD is in no shape to come out with 2.6Ghz 90nm chips running under default conditions anytime soon, which is why they'll be stretching 130nm one last step.


What? Is someone finding out that 90nm isn't so easy after all? Welcome to reality.