you guys to remember back in 1998 they were predicting CPU's by 2004 would be generating so much heat and eating so much power every machine would be water cooled. Since no one knew that advancements in core design would come this far to lower heat.
Just to point out that industry experts cant predict the future any better than anyone else. So really maybe if everyone just stopped trying to assume what the performance will be heat wise or core design wise in the years to come, we will be better off
Its all just FUD at this point cause really no one knows wtf they are talking about when it concerns the future of CPU design. who knows what breakthrough, or change in design that intel, ibm, motorola, etc.. come up with tomorrow, or the day after.