Article: AMD's Jaguar Microarchitecture
By: itsmydamnation (no.delete@this.way.com), April 3, 2014 12:19 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Linus Torvalds (torvalds.delete@this.linux-foundation.org) on April 2, 2014 2:25 pm wrote:
> And as mentioned, Silvermont is aiming at the low end of Jaguar, since the
> high end is already covered. So the fastest Jaguar may outperform Silvermont,
> but does that matter when that space is where Intel would sell Haswell?
>
> So I really don't understand your "nothing comparable" comment. It seems totally separated from reality.
>
> Linus
Not really, unless Intel want's to take a big hit to the big core margins. that's why they sell "pentiums" and "celerons" in that price range. So i think its fair enough, you cant ignore market dynamics.
your also pretty blunt for something that can be very subjective and non descript.
> And as mentioned, Silvermont is aiming at the low end of Jaguar, since the
> high end is already covered. So the fastest Jaguar may outperform Silvermont,
> but does that matter when that space is where Intel would sell Haswell?
>
> So I really don't understand your "nothing comparable" comment. It seems totally separated from reality.
>
> Linus
Not really, unless Intel want's to take a big hit to the big core margins. that's why they sell "pentiums" and "celerons" in that price range. So i think its fair enough, you cant ignore market dynamics.
your also pretty blunt for something that can be very subjective and non descript.