When are people going to realise that it is not about the process, but the ARCHITECTURE that is magic key.
Betcha that the Intel Core arch on 90nm would be a heck lot more competitive than Presler.
Architecture is key when it comes to performance. The die process is more about economies of scale and reduced heat and power consumption.
AMD's Athlon 64 X2 gets trumped by Core 2 Duo in performance. However, AMD's 90nm CPUs are pretty competitive when it comes to power consumption.
No, arch is the key for both performance and power consumption. Imagine example: IF Core arch were built on 90nm, it would NOT be as powerhungry as Pentium D (smithfield) processors just because "they would both be built on the same 90nm".
Pentium D had enormously long pipelines, which is one main reason of its high power consumption.
The Core arch on 90nm would do good things. It's not just the process that matters
It's the combination.
Yeah, competitive.