The Sandy Bridge Preview (Anand)

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On the Llano side most likely yes, on the BullDozer side its pointless to speculate at this point. BD is completely different from Phenom II as you know. Its anyones guess what and when it will bring to the show.

What I'm saying is: Consider the current single-threaded IPC differential between Ph-II and Nehalem, then look at what SB just brought over Nehalem, and what BD is likely to bring over Ph-II in single-thread IPC (its weakest point)...

Looks like the gap remains about where it is. (SB over BD ~= Nehalem over Ph-II)

And for client, then consider that by the time BD launches for it, Intel will likely be shipping the *mainstream* versions of Ivy Bridge at 22nm!