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Unread 11-14-2003, 06:45 PM   #26
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Originally posted by joemac
You are not going to get any arguments from me on that. The only thing that I would like to point out is that you are not only shrinking the die but at the same time you are adding more heat in that same area (more transistors in a smaller area). So where you once had X amount of transistor in a 100-140mm^2 area you now have Y.
Not necassarily. Along with Die shrinks and new cores also comes along with more efficent cores that require less power to do the same things. Much like the T-Bird to XP core change. The T-Bird 1400@1400mhz runs about as hot as a XP1700+@1800mhz.

Although the temps may get worst before they get better. In any event the current commercial blocks, including yours, can easlily handle it for sometime to come even if the wattage increase's.

In 2005 they plan on the release of Dual core CPU's. That will be a fun time for block design.
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