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chipguy

07/24/05 12:31 PM

#59879 RE: chipdesigner #59875

Well, that isn't going to be below 100W. Remember that today's process shrinks aren't like yesterday's in terms of power savings.

No kidding? As a "chipdesigner" you should be able
to give a detailed and accurate explanation of all the
factors that have changed to make it so. Go ahead,
don't turn shy now.

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alan81

07/24/05 1:07 PM

#59881 RE: chipdesigner #59875

While not buying your premise...
note that the 2.8Ghz on 90nm is a 95W part. Thus a 3.8Ghz is only predicing 36% frequency scaling at the same power, which is below "yesterday's" levels. Yes, Intel could end up doing worse, but the current prediction does allow for a fair amount of "messing it up"...
--Alan