nomad said:
phaedruss said:
nomad said:
That's why it's still going to run hot. Tegra K1 TDP is supposedly 11W at max load, that's hot. It was at 28nm node. Let's assume by 2016-17, when 16nm finFET is ready, power consumption is reduced by ~50%, that would mean about 5.5W. 11W would be no problem for a actively cooled tab like Surface and 5W is not a problem for a iPad/SG tab size devices, but will still be a problem for handhelds like Vita/3DS.
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Yea Tegra K1 would be too expensive anyways, but even shrinking down the current wii u soc would be something since it's 45 nm. I was reading an AMD presentation and it said that shrinking from 40 to 28 nm reduces power consumption to a third of what it previously was IIRC. Given that and a slight downclock you could get it pretty low I think.
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The problem is diminising returns with silicon technology, the smaller they go the less they gain (relative to the previous node drop).
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Sure, but there are still plenty of gains that can be made.
