What to Expect From AMD at ISSCC 2011

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Unlikely, Harvesting Methods like this are not used for high-priced chips.

... what? Where do you think AMD gets its 8-core Magny Cours Opterons??

Processor         Cores  Clock speed  L3 cache  ACP    Price
Opteron 6176 SE   12 	 2.3 GHz      12 MB 	105 W  $1,386
Opteron 6174      12 	 2.2 GHz      12 MB 	80 W   $1,165
Opteron 6172   	  12 	 2.1 GHz      12 MB 	80 W   $989
Opteron 6168   	  12 	 1.9 GHz      12 MB 	80 W   $744
Opteron 6136   	  8 	 2.4 GHz      12 MB 	80 W   $744
Opteron 6134   	  8 	 2.3 GHz      12 MB 	80 W   $523
Opteron 6128   	  8 	 2.0 GHz      12 MB 	80 W   $266
Opteron 6164 HE   12 	 1.7 GHz      12 MB 	65 W   $744
Opteron 6128 HE   8 	 2.0 GHz      12 MB 	65 W   $523
Opteron 6124 HE   8 	 1.8 GHz      12 MB 	65 W   $455

Or Intel its 4 and 6-core Nehalem-EXs?

Processor     Cores/threads Speed     L3 cache  TDP    Price
Xeon X7560    8/16          2.26 GHz  24 MB 	130W   $3,692
Xeon X7550    8/16          2.00 GHz  18 MB 	130W   $2,729
Xeon E7540    6/12          2.00 GHz  18 MB 	105W   $1,980
Xeon E7530    6/12          1.86 GHz  12 MB 	105W   $1,391
Xeon E7520    4/8           1.86 GHz  18 MB 	95W    $856
Xeon L7555    8/16          1.86 GHz  24 MB 	95W    $3,157
Xeon L7545    6/12          1.86 GHz  18 MB 	95W    $2,087
Xeon X7542    6/6           2.66 GHz  18 MB 	130W   $1,980
Xeon X6550    8/16          2.00 GHz  18 MB 	130W   $2,461
Xeon E6540    6/12          2.00 GHz  18 MB 	105W   $1,712
Xeon E6510    4/8           1.73 GHz  12 MB 	105W   $744

Harvesting methods are most definitely used for server chips.