Quote Originally Posted by gOJDO View Post
Well it already has 2 competitors, Kentsfield and Yorkfield. Kentsfield will be phased out soon, but Yorkfield will stay for a while. Since Yorkfield is faster IPC wise and clock wise, i5 can bring nothing to the table.
I am sure you know this, but, if i5 has better IPC and thus significantly more performance than Yorkfield depending on how high they clock it, then surely it brings a bigger gap between Intel and AMD, thus an important weapon in Intel's arsenal.