Replies to post #52889 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[Elmer Phud]

Absolutely.

2500 die on the wafer. That comes out to about 25mm2. You think that's a down binned Penryn?

[ChipGeek]

Of course this is a brand new design. What do you think all those folks in Austin were doing after Tejas got cancelled?

Here's your answer:

http://www.intel.com/community/texas/spotlight.htm

[tecate]

Silverthorne is a new design - it is not a downbinned penryn.

[chipguy]

Never heard Intel saying so. Did you

Troll, troll, troll your posts gently down the net...

[jokerman]

Silverthorne is based on the 'Bonnell' core.

-Justin Rattner

http://www.careers.eweek.com/article/Intel+CTO+Rattner+Talks+Nehalem+Virtualization/215587_2.aspx

UPDATE :

Intel perfomance primitives support "Bonnell family" of processors

http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/downloads/softwareproducts/pdfs/272671.pdf