Quote Originally Posted by Apokalipse View Post
I'd say Intel's design works in a "brute force" way, just pouring tons of resources into it.
Whereas AMD relies on being clever and more efficient with the resources they have.
Having the modules design allows more cores per die area.
Didn't someone say 8 core BD was about 1% larger than 4 core SB?
Which would mean Intel is forced to compete on a smaller node.
1 BD module(2 cores) is about 19.4mm2 while 1 SB core is 18.4mm2, both excluding cache. So as long as Bulldozer performs I would say AMD has a lead over Intel so that they have to compete with a smaller node as you say