Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 23:40:25 10/03/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 00:35:34, Slater Wold wrote: >On October 03, 2002 at 16:44:37, Aaron Gordon wrote: > >>On October 03, 2002 at 13:11:50, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>you probably do know that intel has a hammer equivalent in the form of "YAMHILL" >>>which they could produce whenever they felt like, if they find the P4 is lagging >>>behind. And this will be produced on a 0.09 micron process which agin will put >>>AMD between the proverbial Scylla and Charybdes or as the yanks would say >>>between a rock and a hard place >>> >>>in any case AMD is in a "lose lose" situation. Go to the <www.businessweek.com> >>>to read about AMD's financial problems if you dont believe me. >>> >>>rajen >> >>How do you know they could produce it "whenever they like"? Intel's Prescott >>will have x86-64 support built into the chip but it will be disabled. Plus it's >>just now getting into the silicon stage. No way it'll be mass produced any time >>real soon. >> >>Also take a look at this... >>http://www.vanshardware.com/articles/2002/06/020620_Intel_To_Dump_Yamhill/020620_Intel_To_Dump_Yamhill.htm >> >>Also let me remind you. There are *MANY* single/dual/quad opteron/clawhammer >>systems out there now that AMD is sending to developers and various companies >>(like Dell) to evaluate. > >This is actually incorrect. > >I have the e-mail @ work, but when I e-mailed AMD to ask them for a sample >benchmark on the Hammer systems, they told me they were delaying shipment to >vendors for no less than 3 months. That was about a month ago. > >I used my work e-mail to try to coax them into thinking we wanted one. ;) They won't have enough systems to send to just any company, only major developers (like ID Software), large companies such as Dell, Compaq, etc. There are lots of them though. Here's a pic of a dual Opteron <drool> :) http://www.theinquirer.net/bigopt.jpg Now, if only *I* could get my hands on one :)
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