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To: Ali Chen who wrote (150333)11/29/2001 12:51:33 PM
From: wanna_bmw  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Ali, Re: "Now, how big is the 2GHz area"

I'm guessing that Intel is justified by calling the chip 2GHz, because that is what comprises by far the largest chip area.

The cache issues traces every other clock, but that doesn't mean it's not doing work on every clock. Additionally, the decoders run at full speed - 2GHz. I'm guessing the area of the chip that runs at 1GHz is about as small as the area that runs at 4GHz.

But I'm sure you can be the judge of your own opinions. Just think of it this way: if you and Kankan are correct that a large area of the Pentium 4 runs at 1GHz, then I would be very surprised at the level of IPC that the chip can produce. Already, I was under the impression that by design the Pentium 4 can reach higher clock frequencies for a small penalty in IPC. It seems like you are trying to argue the opposite.

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