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Amd 64 question?

How much benefit does the 90nm give over the 130?

ingeborgdot@yah
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40 nm difference in distance for electrons to travel (an odd sort of historical example is the first supercomputer CRAY was built like the cooling tower of a nuclear power plant so that the wires were all of equal length and some of the timing was done by lengthening some of the wires - uh...) where was I, oh - yeah, that is almost 33% decrease in distance for signals to travel. If you are a gamer or into graphics/video, that would make a difference.

The 90 nm is the newer Winchester (Winnie)
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There is also a significant difference in power consumption and heat dissapation.

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