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spurgeonryan said:
IBM Power6
4 cores, 32nm
3.5GHz

IBM Power7
6 cores
3.72GHz

It seems like the nextbox will be a little more powerful than the WiiU. What does the 32nm stand for?


It's the size of the die that the CPU is on. The smaller the size the more efficient the CPU meaning it uses less power, produces less heat, etc. Over time one big contributor to reduced console size and cost is due to the reduction of the CPU and GPU sizes.