Quote Originally Posted by superrugal View Post
Ouch is my fault.
If Zambezi with deeper pipeline only reach 3.2ghz, I will think this is a little underestimate. For me I guess it will reach 3.5-4Ghz.
Just to make some things clear.

Deeper Pipeline != Higher Frequency
Shorter Pipeline != Higher IPC

I have a feeling that people have read some P4 articles and made some conclusions of their own. To achieve high frequency a deep pipe can help, but there are reasons to put more stages in a processor other than frequency. And the other way around, more stages don't automatically lower IPC. Depending on the nature of the stages, more stages can actually improve IPC.