AMD Exec would never buy an AMD Chip

[Manicdan]

Xbitlabs was saying that the phenom II x2 cores are just as large in die size as the core i7.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...n-ii-x2_3.html

thats because the phenom x2 can be unlocked into a quad. its the athlon x2 thats almost 1/3 the size and is close to the size of a wolfdale