That said we only KnC's package size, not die size. Large package size, does not necessarily correlate to a large die size.
Ill grant you that, but I havent heard anyone refute hashfast's argument that the minimum estimate of KnC's die size based on the package/underfull dimensions would be on the order of 900mm³. Thats not just a little bit bigger, thats an epic size.
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I'm sure most here don't care if KNC chips are, indeed, full-custom or standard cell -- as long as the performance is within spec. I know there are some 28nm fetishists around, who think 28nm node = god, but hopefully Bitfury 55nm chips castrated their nanolust.
It's not the 28nm fetish-ing, it's just plain blindness when somebody claim that it is unimportant that your 28nm chip burns 60% more electricity per GH than your 55nm competitor (measured) and 100% more than the rest of the 28nm camp (expected). Only thing left is to jump to conclusion that everyone else is lying and to ask for Bitfury miner screenshots in disbelief. Yeah, it will surely be unimportant in march next year when every watt will be counted if your miner is plugged from the wall or not
