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To: Paul Ma who wrote (103083)	4/9/2000 1:05:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1570686

Paul Ma, Willamette will have a bigger die size than the Thunderbird because of its 20 stage pipeline or whatever that it has right? Wouldn't that generate a lot more heat? I think it'll become a big problem for the Willamette since it's running at such a high frequency. A long pipe does tend to increase the die area, because it requires more latches. The combination of high frequency and lots of clocked circuitry will tend to consume more power. I don't have any feel for how aggressive the power management scheme in Willy is, but chances are that it will generate a substantial amount of heat. Scumbria