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To: Petz who wrote (124175)	6/20/2004 3:11:35 AM
From: dougSF30	Respond to of 275872

Petz, add to that the reports (to be confirmed Monday (?) in the official Intel datasheet) that current LGA775 Prescott parts run at 115W TDP for both 3.4GHz and 3.6GHz. Doug

To: Petz who wrote (124175)	6/20/2004 9:31:43 AM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Petz: It is actually very unusual for a good process to have a wide range of binsplits out. This is not my understanding (depending on what you mean by "wide"), but certainly a question that could easily be answered by a "process guy". Maybe Elmer could help, although it isn't quite his area IIRC. So, anyone, what's a ballpark standard deviation of the frequency distribution resulting from a high performance CMOS process? 3.4 GHz parts are still very rare, so why would Intel downbin any 3.4 GHz-capable parts? [...] An Intel optimist would say that the D0 stepping just has that rating because its the "family" power rating, and that a 2.8 GHz D0-stepping Prescott really only draws 60w. If you fed a D0 stepping Prescott 1.5 volts, would it run at 3.4 GHz and draw <89 watts? I doubt it very much! If that were true, how come Intel is selling ALL D0 parts for $150 and at 2.8 GHz instead of for $500 at 3.4 GHz? No good answer to that [...] Nice little rant you have going there ;-). Not exactly sure if it was directed at me, though. The only mention I've made of Prescott recently is: "However, Intel's problems with Prescott has clearly given AMD a break this time around." -fyo