As above.
Bigger fabrication process = higher flops ;ie32nm>28nm Or higher clock speed with same power consumption?
Originally posted by Call4ljw:As above.
Bigger fabrication process = higher flops ;ie32nm>28nm Or higher clock speed with same power consumption?
Fabrication process doesn't determine FLOPS, chip architecture and clock speed do. Like the Core 2 series Conroe and Wolfdale 65nm and 45nm, at the same clock speeds, they performed similarly. The higher-clocked variants did better though. Fabrication process affects power consumption and die size, like how the 980X, built on the 32nm process, has similar power consumption as the 920 built on the 45nm process, and is also smaller than the 920.
All applications use FLOPS. Just matters to what extent. Like doing Folding@Home uses up lots of FLOPS as compared to, say, Excel.