Since it's now sampling, the die size is revealed.

~141mm^2. It's smaller than the small I expected (around 150-170mm^2)!


As a comparison, here are some other interesting chip sizes.

Deneb (Phenom II X4): 243 mm^2
Agena (Phenom I X4): 283 mm^2 (Double the size )
Brisbane (65nm Athlon X2): 126 mm^2

PREDICTION: Regor (45nm Athlon X2): ~80 mm^2, +/- 10mm^2.

So Regor isn't any more worthwhile, but Propus is definitely an interesting propos(mind the pun)ition. As far as AMD is concerned die size is back into the "safety zone" and they can charge a gamut of prices on this depending on clock speeds and core counts.

BTW here are the Intel sizes too.

Nehalem (Core i7): 246 mm^2
Wolfdale (E8XXX): 107mm^2
Wolfdale-3M: 82mm^2
Conroe (E6XXX): 143 mm^2
Allendale (E4XXX): 111 mm^2