IntelUser2000
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This is indeed really impressive. Nobody expected this when Intel called it Goldmont+ which sounds like some Tick improvement in the range of 0-5%. If the Atom team is able to deliver another boost like this for the next Atom this can be a real alternative for cheaper Core based notebooks.
So, the improvement isn't free. Goldmont Plus is more efficient, but datasheets and SDP figures show 20% increase in power usage at load. That's very good for its improvement, and using the same base 14nm process. If Tremont moves to 10nm, you'll see nice improvement in transistor performance and power reduction. The base 10nm is only slower than the 14nm++. It's better than 14nm+. Power efficiency is naturally better on the 10nm than any 14nm.
I'd like to see the die shots, because I want to see how much it has been enlarged over Goldmont. If it increased by 60% like Goldmont did over Airmont, we might be looking at 2.5mm2. That's still under 1/3rd the size of a Skylake core on the same process.