AMD confirms "Early March Launch" for Ryzen, and announces "twice as much L2 cache compared to Intel 6th gen.

[That Norwegian Guy]

"Our CPU is 10% smaller!"

 

"Hmm then why is your CPU cooler mount taking up 25% more space?"

 

"Ssshhh"

 

"But..."

 

"SSHHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHS"

[leadeater]

4 minutes ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

"Our CPU is 10% smaller!"

 

"Hmm then why is your CPU cooler mount taking up 25% more space?"

 

"Ssshhh"

 

"But..."

 

"SSHHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHS"

"Ahh.. for better and more even mounting pressure"

 

"There, hope they believe that..."

[WereCat]

2x more Cache than Intel.

15x less Cash than Intel.

Given motherboard sizes are defined in standard sizes how is a smaller CPU offering any benefit to the customer?

 

"Look how tiny PC he has! I bet he got big CPU .. hahaha!"

[LAwLz]

21 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Given motherboard sizes are defined in standard sizes how is a smaller CPU offering any benefit to the customer?

I thought they were talking about die area.

 

Smaller die = lower cost to produce = lower cost to consumers

At least in theory...

 

 

Are they really talking about the socket size? Because that would be hilariously stupid.

 

[Master Disaster]

42 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

I thought they were talking about die area.

 

Smaller die = lower cost to produce = lower cost to consumers

At least in theory...

 

 

Are they really talking about the socket size? Because that would be hilariously stupid.

 

"Our CPUs occupy 10% less space than our competitors"

 

The wording seems wrong to be talking about die size.