It seems that some are like a loaded spring, waiting to for the first opportunity to say 'see Charlie was full of s))t!). Take this 512 core rumor for example and some posts above. His info has always been, that if there will be any 512 core parts at all, they will be extremely limited and possibly reviewer editions only. If it's 295W, that info isn't all that hard to believe, is it?? Common sense says that they are teatering on the edge of manufacturable, and dropping to 480 cores for availability seems pretty likely. I'll trust Charlie's is correct, given his track record. And if it's wrong, so what.