Tom's Hardware put out there overview yesterday. Interesting. Now, Intel just has to hit yields :)
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20051203/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Boswell > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:38 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] -LO- CNet does a test workout: Dual Core AMD > vs. DualCoreIntel > > On 3 Dec 2005, at 00:12:480, Hayes Elkins wrote: > > >> From: James Boswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> > >> To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [H] -LO- CNet does a test workout: Dual Core AMD vs. > >> DualCoreIntel > >> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 23:52:04 +0000 > >> > >> > >> Good point, the centrino branding is probably quite the > moneyspinner > >> for them. > > > > If I am not mistaken, this is the first year that Intel based > > notebooks outsold Intel based desktops. I don't think Intel > is crying > > too much over AMD's pyrrhic victory in the desktop segment > when they > > have shifted most of their business to focus on a lucrative mobile > > market. > > AMD outsold intel in the retail desktops segment for the past > few quarters as I recall, Although I think Intels biggest > worry about AMD is the server segment though, they're > starting to get some proper recognition there, hell, Ebay > just announced they were moving over to a cluster of a few > hundred Sun rigs with Opterons in them.... add that in with > FAB36 coming online and AMD actually having CAPACITY with > which to make things... and.. well if Ebay and Sun are taking > you seriously, you've already made a big impact, > > > My main hope is that Intel don't squash AMD like a bug, and > it looks like AMD will maintain their interconnect advantage, > this is actually a good thing, because it gives AMD a chance > to rejig their core and give us (the end user) some tit for > tat performance/price wars, rather than getting swatted like > flies and having no response and new chips from intel being > stupidly overpriced... > > Oh, one thing that should be interesting in the 06/07 > timeframe, FB- Dimm.. which, more or less means Intel will be > on an integrated memory controller, it'll just have a cascade > based approach to it.. > sorta... > > > We live in interesting times. > > -_-_ > James Boswell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ : 1653327 | AIM : TorazChryx > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
