AMD to Start Production of Desktop "Bulldozer" Microprocessors in April.

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why are the 6 core chips getting full L3 and 4 core getting only half? is this meaning they will build them in half size on purpose for better profitability rather than just having really bad 8 core chips?

That didnt sit well with me either since the L2 is tied into each integer core on a module so one would think youd lose their L2 cache in cutting out a module.

EDIT: thought wrong was thinking they said 6 and 8 core would have the same total cache.