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Take a look at the projected power consumption of Tejas... At "only" 4.8GHz it's burning an astounding 120W of power. At 6GHz, we'd be looking at CONSIDERABLY MORE. Anyone thinking they're going to get such a CPU in the next XB is plain kidding himself, just the CPU would draw three or four times as much power as an entire XB currently does.
Even Prescott at 3.6GHz is over 100W, which makes me think we'll be lucky to see XB2 come with a process-shrunk 4GHz mobile prescott at 80-ish watts.
All three major console makers are going to need some truly clever cooling solutions for next-gen hardware, that's for sure. Half a kilo's worth of copper/alu heat pipes and sinks don't seem out of the question...
EDIT: and DMGA derided Cell for high power consumption when he hasn't the slightest idea how much power Cell will draw... LOL, I must admit that old saying about stones and glass houses comes to mind right now!
*G*
Take a look at the projected power consumption of Tejas... At "only" 4.8GHz it's burning an astounding 120W of power. At 6GHz, we'd be looking at CONSIDERABLY MORE. Anyone thinking they're going to get such a CPU in the next XB is plain kidding himself, just the CPU would draw three or four times as much power as an entire XB currently does.
Even Prescott at 3.6GHz is over 100W, which makes me think we'll be lucky to see XB2 come with a process-shrunk 4GHz mobile prescott at 80-ish watts.
All three major console makers are going to need some truly clever cooling solutions for next-gen hardware, that's for sure. Half a kilo's worth of copper/alu heat pipes and sinks don't seem out of the question...
EDIT: and DMGA derided Cell for high power consumption when he hasn't the slightest idea how much power Cell will draw... LOL, I must admit that old saying about stones and glass houses comes to mind right now!
*G*