surface, Dothan now boasts 140 million transistors and a 2 MB L2 cache on a surface of only 83.6 mm². With nearly the same die surface, the number of transistors has increased by nearly 80%. The L2 cache takes up only 56% of the die surface. Dothan die:...

• -The New Dothan, Or The Evolution Of Banias
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• -Conclusion
• -Which One Has Lasting Power?
• -Application Benchmarks
• -Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
• -Synthetic Benchmarks
• -Test Setup

the die is barely larger than that of a Dothan processor. Like the current desktop dual core models in the Pentium D 900 series, Yonah technology is based on the 65 nm fabrication process. Among other things, when compared to the preceding Dothan models, this...