Reading various OC reports on the new T-bred seems to indicate that heat is it's Achilles heel. This is not exactly what one would expect, as a die-shrink normally results in lower temperatures. And the T-Bred actually does have a lower power-consumption than the Palomino, but it also has difficulties in getting rid of the heat, due to the reduced surface of the small core and lack of heat-spreader. This is why I believe that the added L2 cache of Barton, which will result in a larger core, will allow for better heat dissipation, and thus, higher clock-speeds than the T-bred is currently showing.
Notice how extreme cooling helps the T-bred to reach very high frequencies.
Wonder if the large core of the P4 was something Intel designed "on purpose", in order to improve heat dissipation at very high frequencies.
<i>/Copenhagen - Clockspeed will make the difference... in the end</i>
Notice how extreme cooling helps the T-bred to reach very high frequencies.
Wonder if the large core of the P4 was something Intel designed "on purpose", in order to improve heat dissipation at very high frequencies.
<i>/Copenhagen - Clockspeed will make the difference... in the end</i>