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Originally Posted by computerparts 
Intel is just milking away as usual. Too bad there's no revised IB in that lot.
Intel is just milking away as usual. Too bad there's no revised IB in that lot.
These are revised chips, and no-one seems to have noticed. However, in a way, Intel is still milking. These chips are based on a new quad core die that is only 133 mm2 (vs 160 mm2 for the regular die). This die is called "Ivy Bridge-HM-4" and is a new N-0 stepping. It has only 6MB of L3 cache and HD2500 graphics. Intel can now pump out quad core Ivy Bridge chips for OEMs at a die size equivalent to dual core Sandy Bridge last year (131 mm2).
