I am so far behind in the main list, but did a quick search and didn't see any threads that seemed to talk about their new announcements from a couple weeks ago. Figured I'd see what opinions/speculations are here. :) Partly because I just don't see what all the hubub is about really.
Gonna just cut n' paste a reply I wrote at work already, back then.. >http://news.com.com/Intel+powers+up+plans+for+low-power+chips/2100-1006_3-5842125.html A couple things I notice about the info coming out today.. or lack thereof. 1. They have zero actual performance info. All is "3x faster then the Pentium-IV D" and such, without real data to back it up. And someone else on a site I read pointed out that they only mention integer performance.. hmmm. What was the name of that book about displaying data again? 2. They seem to be saving power by removing a bunch of pipeline hardware, which was supposed to be what gave the current chips so much speed.. how they're doing that and keeping up the speed without bumping the clocks, I still don't really get. 3. Still no onboard memory controller... hah. Still gives AMD an edge. 4. They're removing HyperThreading, which makes me want to laugh again since that was yet another "best thing since sliced bread." technology. Removing that for more power savings. 5. Each dual core pair is sharing L2 cache. Ouch.. The one good thing.. they're gonig to be 64bit out the door, which means OSX on Intel hardware should be 64bit. :) Almost makes me want to buy more AMD stock, if I had the spare cash. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.miguelito.org Marge: "Homer, sitting that close to the TV can't be good for you." Homer: "Talking while the TV's on can't be good for you!" ==> Simpsons -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
