The L5420 has a 50 watt tdp and runs at 2.5Ghz, so I fail to see what makes the L5430 so spectacular.
What I don't quite understand is why the entire Core 2 Duo line is 65 watt or greater, even at 45nm. There are a couple dual core Xeons with a tdp of 40 watts on their 65nm process. I would think that they could do better than 65 watts with the Core 2 Duo E5200 and E7200.
Eventhough the 2.5 GHz at 50W does indeed exist already some time, the fact that Intel has a CPU that is clocked 33% faster than the competition at a slightly lower power level (let us add 10W or so for the memory controller) is quite spectacular. It will be pretty hard for AMD to best that even with 45 nm CPUs.
I'm not saying the L5430 isn't impressive. The entire 50 watt line is pretty awesome. I'm just saying the L5430 is a marginal improvement on an already existing line, nothing shocking.
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vignyan - Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - link
The server CPU's still use 1333Mhz and not 1066 Mhz.. Its says so right there on the slide.. wonder how you missed it..mobilecomputing - Monday, February 9, 2009 - link
Still some very powerful chips. I wonder when netbooks will get that kind of horsepower?mobilecomputing - Monday, February 9, 2009 - link
http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/features/92...">http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/...rend-in-...Natfly - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - link
The L5420 has a 50 watt tdp and runs at 2.5Ghz, so I fail to see what makes the L5430 so spectacular.What I don't quite understand is why the entire Core 2 Duo line is 65 watt or greater, even at 45nm. There are a couple dual core Xeons with a tdp of 40 watts on their 65nm process. I would think that they could do better than 65 watts with the Core 2 Duo E5200 and E7200.
JohanAnandtech - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - link
Eventhough the 2.5 GHz at 50W does indeed exist already some time, the fact that Intel has a CPU that is clocked 33% faster than the competition at a slightly lower power level (let us add 10W or so for the memory controller) is quite spectacular. It will be pretty hard for AMD to best that even with 45 nm CPUs.Natfly - Monday, September 15, 2008 - link
I'm not saying the L5430 isn't impressive. The entire 50 watt line is pretty awesome. I'm just saying the L5430 is a marginal improvement on an already existing line, nothing shocking.rbfowler9lfc - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - link
Er, 166MHz more with the same TDP?