Like I said, I don't remember all the history since that was about 7-8 years ago now. But you're right, it was 90nm where the leakage problem started but at 65nm it basically blew up. I was thinking Prescott was a tick, which would have made it 65nm, but it was actually more like a tock. What I remember most was that IMO Northwood was actually pretty good for the time, but Prescott sucked. I had a Northwood based Linux workstation at work (either 3.06ghz or 3.2ghz) that felt awesomely fast. Prescott was what made me dump Intel for AMD. But then AMD dropped the ball and I went back.
Conroe really made me think of the old WWII line "we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve" because it was like Intel was on the warpath.
The tri-gate thing is why Intel is now ~2.5 years ahead instead of just 2.
Conroe really made me think of the old WWII line "we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve" because it was like Intel was on the warpath.
The tri-gate thing is why Intel is now ~2.5 years ahead instead of just 2.

