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Re: I think it refers to the way PowerNow increases the clock under load although of course it will allow different skus as well.

Having 100MHz increments might allow some improved power management, but going through all those P-states also comes with increased overhead, as the latency for switching states is not instantaneous. There is a point where adding more will lower performance more than it lowers power.