Squilliam on 30 August 2010
| NJ5 said: I wonder what clock rates Bulldozer will achieve. I keep reading it's supposed to be a high-frequency design with a longer pipeline (ala Pentium 4, but maybe not as exaggerated). Could we see perhaps near-5 GHz clock rates? |
Likely we'll see 5Ghz only if we overclock. Overall I would say perhaps 4Ghz would be their highest clock given the fact that Phenom II tops out at 3.6Ghz. 4Ghz is a good marketing number, I wouldn't expect them to push higher than that given their TDP limits and due to the fact that they might have timing problems in getting their chips up to that frequency in a stable fashion.
Tease.
