It's very clear that intel has abandoned trying to get better performance
per mhz out of each core for both the desktop and server - and instead
trying to max out the supporting cast of interconnects, busses, and other
I/O. The new Xeon's that intel is touting are nothing more than shrunken
cores of the same lame ass P4 cores from almost 2 years ago.
What is very puzzling is that their Pentium M (a hybrid of the PIII and IV)
is their fastest per mhz CPU - ever. Even faster than an FX in a few cases.
Why they dont switch back to a shorter pipeline design for their mainstream
CPU's now that the fab's are available to crank out the mhz?
The mhz race is about to come dangerously close when AMD puts out a true
3Ghz CPU. Which of course just OBLITERATES any intel offering.
From: CW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [H] -LO- CNet does a test workout: Dual Core AMD vs. Dual Core
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:43:06 -0600
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6389077-9.html?tag=btn
Interesting. The ref would have stopped the fight in the real world.
