In the last 10 years die shrinks usually haven't lowered TDP (as you can see above). They use the extra thermal headroom to clock the chip higher, thus maintaining the same TDP but improving performance.
Did they deliberately lower desktop TDP with ivy bridge by choosing not to clock the chip higher? Maybe. But why on earth would they do that for the desktop platform?
Did they deliberately lower desktop TDP with ivy bridge by choosing not to clock the chip higher? Maybe. But why on earth would they do that for the desktop platform?
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-Mark Antony