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The General said:Yes, that would explain why they make all the chips the same, because 1 fab is cheaper than 2. But why disable the L2 cache? That just makes the chips perform slower. They are going to cost the same for them to manufacture either way, the only difference is that they disable 2mb of cache. That's more trouble than just leaving it and setting the multipler and clock, which they have to do anyway.
Man have you listened to me at all? I've been saying it's so that the e6600 and 6700 look more powerful compared to the "allendale" chips. They make more of a profit off of the higher end chips so making the higher end chips look more powerful causes people to buy those. Hence Intel makes more than if they only had a different multiplier.