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[citation][nom]eklipz330[/nom]i can't believe no1 asked this, but is that a fucking GOLD IHS?![/citation]
Probably not--probably just a polished copper IHS. Gold has a lower thermal conductivity than copper, so it would make no sense to use gold as the IHS.
It seems like these CPU's will be exhorbitantly expensive. Not because they're in any way "proprietary," but because if you jut look at the size of the CPU, it's unlikely Fujitsu is maximizing their cpu:wafer ratio. But if the goal is to make the fastest overall cpu, then perhaps they don't care about price.
On a separate note, I was wondering when cpu's would be made not to be smaller and maintain/slightly increase performance, and instead when the companies would say, "damn the cpu:wafer ratio, full performance ahead." Since obviously the more transistors you pack in a core, the faster the core will be. But in doing so, you lose volume production to make larger chips.
Probably not--probably just a polished copper IHS. Gold has a lower thermal conductivity than copper, so it would make no sense to use gold as the IHS.
It seems like these CPU's will be exhorbitantly expensive. Not because they're in any way "proprietary," but because if you jut look at the size of the CPU, it's unlikely Fujitsu is maximizing their cpu:wafer ratio. But if the goal is to make the fastest overall cpu, then perhaps they don't care about price.
On a separate note, I was wondering when cpu's would be made not to be smaller and maintain/slightly increase performance, and instead when the companies would say, "damn the cpu:wafer ratio, full performance ahead." Since obviously the more transistors you pack in a core, the faster the core will be. But in doing so, you lose volume production to make larger chips.