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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 217.54+1.5%Nov 28 12:59 PM EST
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To: combjelly who wrote (201632)6/12/2006 7:32:45 AM
From: RinkRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
This article suggests that rev G:

1- Will at first be produced using 65nm using enhanced SiGe based strain
2- Increases IPC: For it's 65nm design AMD had several choices. ... The final choice would be to transition those extra transistors in those redundant stages into more useful units, and increase IPC all the while keeping clockspeed in the same general area that current 90 nm processors enjoy, all the while shrinking the die size to more manageable levels. This final choice appears to be what AMD has in mind.
3- (Not relevant for my point but still nice to see: In late Spring of 2007 we will see the first dual core K8L processors introduced, i.e. rev H. This article is done by a author unknown to me, Joshua Walrath. He any good?)

theinquirer.net

My point is that when combined with the die photo of the non production ready 65nm that has in all likelyhood been shown twice now might mean that rev G is not a dumb shrink. That non production ready chip might simply have been a precursor for rev G.

Does anyone know what ZRAM looks like on a die photo? I was not expecting it so soon, but can't imagine anything else in that purple area than L3 cache.

This unknown author bothers me. This whole train of thought might very well not be worth a penny.

Regards,

Rink
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