Intel Details Nehalem uArch Improvements - 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Confirmed

[BrowncoatGR]

This is true, AMD often makes radical changes to their process ...

Nonetheless, it jogged my memory, AMD actually thickened the gate for Barcelona

http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/s...leID=202100946

They are 25% thicker than Intel, in an attempt to reduce leakage. I recall because I emailed John about this revelation from his reverse engineering, here is his response:



However, when I see a 4.7 Ghz AMD processor at 65 nm I will remember your post.

I remember your post here now too. I sure hope you dont think i was implying AMD could release a 3.5GHz cpu any time soon, let alone a 4,7 one.