Quote Originally Posted by Chad Boga View Post
Intel by choosing to use 32nm to bring more cores to desktop users instead of higher clock speeds that a Quad could deliver in the same power envelope, is clearly not bringing forward the best product they easily could for desktop users.
Shrinkage doesn't automatically meen higher clockers... the % of leakage increases substansially everytime a new process arrives. So 3GHz is a barrier which after it just goes way downhill with power consumption.