Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : 22 nm vs 32 nm

2012-07-25 Thread Dale
walt wrote: > On 07/25/2012 05:21 PM, Dale wrote: > >> The point made about producing less heat with the smaller nm sounds >> reasonable tho. > >From the chip maker's point of view, everything is about battery life > and small size these days. I wonder how many college kids are using > desktops t

[gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : 22 nm vs 32 nm

2012-07-25 Thread walt
On 07/25/2012 05:21 PM, Dale wrote: > The point made about producing less heat with the smaller nm sounds > reasonable tho. >From the chip maker's point of view, everything is about battery life and small size these days. I wonder how many college kids are using desktops these days. Desktops a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : 22 nm vs 32 nm

2012-07-25 Thread Alecks Gates
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 25/07/12 23:05, Philip Webb wrote: >> >> Isn't 22 nm going to be faster than 32 nm ? >> [...] >> >> How do you compare cores vs nm ? >> How far is cache size important ( 6 vs 8 MB )? > > > You simply ignore all that stuff and look

[gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : 22 nm vs 32 nm

2012-07-25 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 25/07/12 23:05, Philip Webb wrote: Isn't 22 nm going to be faster than 32 nm ? [...] How do you compare cores vs nm ? How far is cache size important ( 6 vs 8 MB )? You simply ignore all that stuff and look at how fast the CPUs are. Some 45nm CPUs are faster than some 32nm and 22nm ones