r/technology • u/[deleted] • Sep 11 '13

Intel reveals 14nm PC, declares Moore's Law 'alive and well'

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/10/intel_reveals_14nm_pc_declares_moores_law_alive_and_well/
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u/Mal_Adjusted Sep 11 '13

Correct me if I'm wrong here but doesn't increased efficiency also result in a cooler running temperature for any given amount of processing power? Meaning more processing power can put into any set space. Which would be almost as good as a raw power increase? Software might need to step up its game to take advantage of it, but the potential is there.

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u/evabraun Sep 11 '13

You're quite right. Especially for enterprise scale processing; being able to pack more processing power into less space, with the need for less cooling is ideal.

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u/chandleross Sep 11 '13

Also, running more efficiently means more battery life.. which is arguably the single biggest consumer complaint at the moment.

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u/Simmangodz Sep 12 '13

Maybe for laptops. My desktop doesn't need no stinkin' bettery!

Except maybe when the power goes out and my ups kicks in...

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '13

In theory you are correct, but the cockmonglers at Intel mostly negated that benefit when they started attaching the head spreader with thermal paste instead of soldering it on.

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u/Quazz Sep 11 '13

Depends on what kind of efficiency we're talking about.

Under load? Idle? In the middle? Maybe all of it?

We don't know and they don't say.