None of that speaks to device reliability
You keep talking device parametrics which is not the same thing as reliability.
I suppose that you would like to know what are the limits
of the process , that is , the frequency/voltage function
as well as the upper limit of the supply voltage , wich would
yield the max frequency limit..?...
From the graphs , we can safely assume that it will
work reliably at 0.7/0.8V for frequencies up to 1/1.4ghz.
Max supply voltage will be inherently lower than SB , likely
that the 1.3V mentionned above will be the absolute Vds max.
As leakages increase dramaticaly with node shrink , it make sense
for Intel to focus on lower voltage and better efficency rather
than on frequency wich cant be increased otherwise than
with increasing the supply voltage.
As i mention it above , the fets speed depend not only
on the parasistics capacitances but also on Gm , that is,
the conductivity of the device.
(conductivity is the reciprocal of resistance , as such
its value is 1/R and the unit is in Siemens).
Basicaly , the time to charge a capacitor C is
T = R x C = C/Gm.
As such , with a 30% reduction in conductivity , if it was
the same node , the max frequency would be reduced by 30%,
but since the node shrink allow for theorical halving
oif the parasistic caps , the device should be 20% faster
despite its reduced Gm , probably a little less since
halving of the conductive tracks capacitances cant be attained ,
but still , a figure of 10% is possible , wich correlate well
with Intel s picture of 7% faster device at normal VDS ,
but i can only insist on the fact that the better performance
of the device is firstly in its capacity to work at low voltage,
while performances at the other side ,i.e , high frequency and
HIGHER voltage will not bring miracles even it seems to be the most desired feature by the geeks that hang by there...
I'm typing this right now using a notebook with a Core i5-2430M with integrated HD 3000 graphics (Dell Vostro V131). I haven't bothered playing shooter games, but it can play a decent game of LoL at lower settings. In fact, I once played almost 2 hours of LoL before noticing that the AC adapter wasn't even plugged in. Still had 50% left on battery.
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