Quote Originally Posted by nn_step View Post
That is the thing, AMD is currently on a multi-core/multi-threaded direction and the logical step is not to pursue single thread performance. Rather to aim for the single thread sweet spot and hit Intel with simply a much more efficient design. Now there may be prefetch and prediction enhancements but besides that; I really don't logically see anything different beyond the sharing in the front end and in the FPU. I admit I'm probably wrong but it is certainly something to ponder.
lol every single piece in the BD architecture is at least 2 times stronger than on bobcat, front end of a bd module is 4 times wider than a bobcat core; integer cores are 2 times more powerful (make that 4 times for each core in a BD module), FPU is more than doubled with more functions; memory controller is at least 3 times faster than on bobcat (dual 1866 vs single 1066 with additional improcement), L3 cache is present; more L2 cache, better process and platform

a bd module is significantly more than just 2 bobcat cores slapped together...