Quote Originally Posted by Skratch View Post
there is an 8 core 16 thread 20mb cache sandy engineering sample on ebay right now.Intel said its 22nn 3d transistors are up to 37% more efficient,if that is true BD is going to have one hell of a battle to fight in the server market.
Right, the Tri-gate technology runs at almost 1/2 the current 22nM votage(0.7V) in the notes I read and the gates switch faster.

As some others have said, BD being on par with i7 is a home run. It will take market share(albeit small) and raise margins for AMD, thats the easy call. INTC will lower prices a bit and AMD will be able to raise prices a bit. That helps AMD way more than it huts INTC till next year when they trounce them again.

RussC