775-pin Prescott???

[mbhame]

Someone help me out, I missed something:

http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article3.asp?datePublish=2004/03/01&pages=A7&seq=44

Says there's to be a 775-pin Prescott. Current Prescotts are 478-pin.

Now why is it that moving to 90nm process would dictate the need (or benefit) of an additional 297 pins? I don't understand. Enlighten me people.

 

[daballard]

My best quess. Better power and ground rails accross the dye and a whole lot of useless pins, which would probably get made into ground pins.

 

[Adul]

64 bitness would be one very big reason

 

[daballard]

Originally posted by: Adul
64 bitness would be one very big reason

Oh yeah, I forgot the Prescotts had this, but it's currently disabled. This goes along with what I said above.