jmke

It is always interesting to me what people call a new microarchitecture. What we typically do is keep the fundamental part of the core design for two or three generations. If you are just taking the base core and changing the memory controller, that is what I call a modification.

We are evolving to what I'd say are a minimum of two brand-new core design points, new microarchitectures from the ground up. One is aimed at mobile computers and the very low-power space. Another is optimized for the high-end server space. The question we have now is: Can you pull down the server space, or pull up the mobile, enough to cover the desktop?

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