Exactly. Like the latest 0 stepping E6750s which Tom's tested in the article.
-- Brian Weeden On 11/8/07, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They are. It's all in binning. At the beginning of a new design or new > process, generally, the trouble is getting enough parts that qualify for the > top speed bins. Chips that fail the top grade are generally re-rested at all > bins the manufacturer has, going into the appropriate bin that it qualifies > for. > > As a process matures, however, the opposite is generally true. A large > number of chips off the line qualify for the top bin, but the manufacturer > only need so many of those. Therefore, the lower bins are filled with parts > that in fact qualify for higher bins. Overclockability generally gets better > as the production run lengthens--though variability in the source materials > and the process itself does sometimes favor specific production weeks. > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:46 PM > > To: The Hardware List > > Subject: Re: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core? > > > > On 11/8/07, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > no.... it is the same process. Using a highly engineered device > > > beyond it's specifications with the potential of negative > > consequences. > > > > > > Like I said in my post a couple messages ago, assuming that the CPU is > > designed to run at the speed it is sold is wrong. Odds are that the > > $200 part and the $300 part which differ only in clock speed are in > > fact identical. > > > > -- > > Brian Weeden > > >
