Quote Originally Posted by intangir View Post
Not if you get higher yields on the 12-core, since only 5 out of 6 modules = 83% need to work.

How would they route the cache traffic between the five L3 blocks? I doubt that 5-module photoshop is a feasible design. It at least would need more space for the crossbar than the 4-module design. Your numbers don't look likely to me.
They might not even have 5 cache blocks, they may be settling for 4 anyway. Try to fit 6 modules and cache blocks in less than 40% larger die space.

And we have official roadmaps mentioning 10 core BDs. We don't have any roadmap mentioning 12 cores. So lets see how it turns out.