New AMD Black Editions: 9950 Goes 125W , new Dual and Tri core Black Editions!!!

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Originally Posted by Shintai

Wouldnt it just be on teh same wafer and the extact same process fabriaction. Since you would either need new wafers or a new mask and new electrical verification? I doubt that would be economically viable for AMD. Not even Intel do that for low power parts.

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Yes same process. As the process matures you get better transistor elec characteristics as well as the bugs worked out without the need for a new mask.