Quote Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle View Post
If this is true the only real advantage of 65nm is manufacturing cost, not necessarily better cooling or OC. Unless they revamp the arch some how to accommodate better cooling or OC'ing. If it's true they are doing this (taking with a grain of salt) making this nothing more then a die shrink, there is no tangible advantage for the consumer.
Smaller process size has several benefits, the most popular and common is more clock speed. Then of course you have trade offs. For example do you use the extra transistor budget to get more performance out or do you get better yields