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Hey, EE's out there, T-Bred question

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Sunner

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What's your take on the reports that the TBred(Ok I admit it, I dont know how the damn name is spelled) won't be much cooler running than the AXP?

I mean going from .18 to .13 reduced the die size quite a bit, from 128 mm2 to ~80mm2 or something along those lines, no?

So, why wouldn't heat output be reduced quite a bit as well, just it was reduced for Woody?
 
Well... wasn't it a few months ago that some intel engineer was quoted as saying that Palomino's had some cannibalized parts from the .13 micron process? Maybe he ends up being right?

I highly doubt ZDnet Germany would leave the article up (yes, its been up for over a week, with no one trying to refute it either). The heat output drop versus the XP can be solely attributed to the voltage drop versus XP default voltage. Again, this is if the ZDnet Germany article is right, but I see no reason why it isn't.

However, to say that the Thoroughbred will be cooler running than an AthlonXP may be false once htey're actually out... considering its ~10% or less heat drop, in addition to the massive contact surface drop, they may well run a bit warmer than XP chips.....

I would hope that the article isn't true, but each day that passes that becomes less and less likely... maybe this is why AMD was touting SOI... they may need .13 +SOI to get a true heat output drop....



Mike
 
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