Author: Dan Andersson
Date: 10:09:42 01/21/02
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>Intel delivers a very robust mass market processor which is more stable than >AMD's. I would be surprised if this is true. For the last few years the Intel processors have had more issues than the AMD ones. Furthermore the P4 is a younger design. Thus more likely to have design issues than the older Athlon. >Furthermore many more programs are implementing SSE2, and will benefit >from the P4. Agreed, AMD will implement SSE2 in future designs. Licencing issues with Intel will determine when. AMD have no technical problems implementing them. Intel is playing gatekeeper. But SSE2 is no magic bullet. It is specifically targered at streaming data. And speed gains will be less than one might expect. >While Intel does well, AMD is operating in the red zone financially, and can't >produce the bulk Intel delivers. It is questionable how long AMD will be able to >produce these processors for the prices they do now - and in suffcient amounts. Pure speculation, IMO. AMD has been renewing its production capacity. Investing in its future. And the ASP on AMD processors hace risen unexpectedly. >Overall the P4 is a good processor which has the future, and still can grow with >the technology used, while the current AMD batch is already scratching the >limits. They do a swell job bypassing that with more operations per cycle. The P4 as it is right now, is a butt ugly and horribly inefficient design. It will most likely be updated bit by bit. AMD is using previous generation technology to beat the state of the art P4 design. It would seem that you are not arguing the facts. MvH Dan Andersson
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