By: Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx), May 16, 2013 2:05 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Stubabe (Stubabe.delete@this.nospam.com) on May 16, 2013 11:26 am wrote:
> Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx) on May 15, 2013 4:15 am wrote:
> > Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on May 14, 2013 5:51 pm wrote:
> >
> > > How much more die area does adding another core add these days? More than 5%, but not a whole lot
> >
> > An Ivy Bridge core is 12mm², or 8% of the area of a 4C/GT2/8MB L3 chip.
> >
> Sorry, I meant 5% of a CORE not the whole die! So at best the saving you would make on removing
> from a quad core only buys you 1/5 of a new core - not really worth it if you ask me...
Me? I was just putting some more concrete numbers on Doug's ballpark estimate. :)
> Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx) on May 15, 2013 4:15 am wrote:
> > Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on May 14, 2013 5:51 pm wrote:
> >
> > > How much more die area does adding another core add these days? More than 5%, but not a whole lot
> >
> > An Ivy Bridge core is 12mm², or 8% of the area of a 4C/GT2/8MB L3 chip.
> >
> Sorry, I meant 5% of a CORE not the whole die! So at best the saving you would make on removing
> from a quad core only buys you 1/5 of a new core - not really worth it if you ask me...
Me? I was just putting some more concrete numbers on Doug's ballpark estimate. :)
