I'd rather have cache (Score 1)

Instead of adding dual cores, I would rather have a larger, more capable cache. For example, with enough chip real estate, I would rather have a 16 MB fully-associative L2 cache, rather than a second CPU. After that, I would look for ways to speed up CPU memory bus inter-node communication (e.g. something like SGI NUMAlink) to get to neighboring nodes. Someone has decided that adding an extra CPU is cool, but, I would like to see an objective engineering trade study comparing the extra CPU to the option of spending the same real estate on cache.