Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

BTW, doesn't it cost a lot more to build a 2M cache part, and increase the die size?

Have you ever seen a photo of the Prescott Die? The 2
MB Prescott will probably still be smaller than Northwood.
Compared to the 1 MB device, the 2 MB will only cost a
few dollars more. A pretty good trade-off considering
that (along with the 1066 MHz FSB) it basically bumps
the performance to the same or more than a 4.0 GHz,
1 MB, 800 MHz FSB Prescott for a far smaller power
increase and little or no binning loss vs the current 3.6
GHz, 1 MB, 800 MHz P4E.