In case you haven't noticed, Intel has been consistently been pushing towards smaller dies for some time now. Atoms are prime example, but it also happening in their Core series. See e.g. this http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-10n... article for "Weighted Average Die Size" graph. Or this graphic: http://729675461.r.lightningbase-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/...