Quote Originally Posted by lapdog View Post
Intel's cache tech is much better than anyone's. Cache may be the whole reason for AMD's speed problems and even the cold bug.
Yep, throwing huge amount of cache, i.e. transistors, to help with their poor branching/logic is certainly an awesome design.
SOI & large cache are two different things, though there might be a loose correlation. (CPU/architecture is not my best strength)