Replies to post #102274 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[chipguy]

AMD was able to do all that with a budget-friendly 228mm2 of die area

In its brand new 32 nm process with slowly ramping yields and
wafer volumes. I wonder what pricing AMD can get for these. It
is hard to see how it could raise their margins.

[Steeler]

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And to think, AMD was able to do all that with a budget-friendly 228mm2 of die area. Indeed, Llano will make a mighty Pentium competitor, just as Brazos made a mighty Atom competitor.
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quad core, 400SP Llano 228mm2
dual core, 240SP Llano 228mm2
dual core, 160SP Llano 228mm2

Selling price per die area is way below Sandy Bridge. That's good, right?

Consistency matters above all else. Intel has to make different wafers for products that use different numbers of cores or different GPUs. How inefficient is that?!?! What does Intel do with all the bad processors that don't meet full product specs with low double digit yields?