By: rwessel (robertwessel.delete@this.yahoo.com), January 15, 2011 4:31 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Brett (ggtgp@yahoo.com) on 1/14/11 wrote:
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>? (0xe2.0x9a.0x9b@gmail.com) on 1/11/11 wrote:
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>>While this change is certainly unexpected, I do *not* think it is gives any interesting
>>information. The only interesting thing from a technology point of view (desktop&server)
>>is whether AMD has the brainPOWER to beat Intel's Sandy Bridge with Bulldozer. That's
>>really the only interesting question - because if Bulldozer will have a consistently
>>10-20% faster core (IPC*frequency) than Sandy Bridge, we could expect the Bulldozer
>>technology to spill into other AMD products over time, we could see that AMD has
>>something concrete that Intel does not have, and we could see that AMD is on the right track.
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>AMD's Bulldozer Microprocessors Expected to Offer 50% Higher Performance than Core i7, Phenom II Chips.
>http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110114134306_AMD_s_Bulldozer_Microprocessors_Expected_to_Offer_50_Higher_Performance_than_Core_i7_Phenom_II_Chips.html
An eight core Bulldozer is expected to offer 50% higher performance than a quad-core i7? Which side are you arguing here?
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>? (0xe2.0x9a.0x9b@gmail.com) on 1/11/11 wrote:
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>>While this change is certainly unexpected, I do *not* think it is gives any interesting
>>information. The only interesting thing from a technology point of view (desktop&server)
>>is whether AMD has the brainPOWER to beat Intel's Sandy Bridge with Bulldozer. That's
>>really the only interesting question - because if Bulldozer will have a consistently
>>10-20% faster core (IPC*frequency) than Sandy Bridge, we could expect the Bulldozer
>>technology to spill into other AMD products over time, we could see that AMD has
>>something concrete that Intel does not have, and we could see that AMD is on the right track.
>
>AMD's Bulldozer Microprocessors Expected to Offer 50% Higher Performance than Core i7, Phenom II Chips.
>http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110114134306_AMD_s_Bulldozer_Microprocessors_Expected_to_Offer_50_Higher_Performance_than_Core_i7_Phenom_II_Chips.html
An eight core Bulldozer is expected to offer 50% higher performance than a quad-core i7? Which side are you arguing here?
