AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer finally tested

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Or this explains it:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...er_Fiasco.html

I think both Intel and AMD are already adapting automated design software to speed up the design. But maybe it is just that the engineers will do manual tweaking/routing/fine tuning in critical parts.
If engineers already realized that the automation tools will bring 20% larger die space and 20% less efficient, surely they would do something about it. Unless there is no one left in the team could do manual tweaking at all.