To: Bill Jackson who wrote (66695 ) 12/30/2001 11:10:02 PM From: Elmer Read Replies (2) | Respond to Elmer, Ok, thanks for the course. You feel that AMD stays below the knee to hide a bad truth? This is possible. what other major company in CPUs engages in similar tactics.? Now since AMD routinely runs it's CPUs hotter than intel does this mean that the knee is process dependent? and Intel has a lower one? If the knee was at 65 and we see AMD operating above that is that not saying they have a higher knee? Usually both analog and digital transistors in the turned of state both have low leakage current. The analog may have a wider range over which the change their current from max to min. The digitals one would expect to have a far sharper curve? I would also expect this to make faster operating transistors? the faster they go the more they leak? or is that related to the increased number of transitions?I recall the P-3 ran into the problem and in fact was limited by it. Is a large standby current bad in that is increases the power duty cycle, thus making the item use more watts and thus need more cooling?
