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Ixse

06/24/05 1:10 PM

#57988 RE: chipdesigner #57984

I2 volume is low. Maybe they disable L3 and reuse the same die. That would make the transistor count the same. Especially initial products are more likely to come from one die. Just my 2c.

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chipguy

06/24/05 1:45 PM

#57992 RE: chipdesigner #57984

I think the 8/12/24 MB of L3 is going to have a bit of influence on transistor count, don't you?

ROFL. You think they have a separate mask set for each
cache size SKU? Your posting name couldn't be any more
ironic Doug.