Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 04:49:07 05/27/02
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On May 27, 2002 at 06:43:02, Slater Wold wrote: When we talk about bandwidth, then intel will always win of course in the long run. AMD will not impress ever at bandwidth tests. P4 can get its bus to 800Mhz in future, even though this is quad pumped (which makes it 4 times slower for latency) for bandwidth it's 800Mhz. All AMD can put against that is at most a double pumped 200Mhz DDR bus. So 400Mhz in total. >On May 27, 2002 at 06:29:21, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>The rumors are that AMD will release Athlon MP with a 200MHz DDR FSB. It will >>most probably destroy the P4 both on uni and especially dual systems. But it >>won't be a 'value' chip. >> >>MvH Dan Andersson > >I must say, I like AMD. That's what I have been buying for over a year now. >For the longest time, I didn't even pay attention to Intel prices; it didn't >matter. > >However, in the last 3 months, I've noticed a lot of slacking from AMD. Perhaps >this is the calm before the storm. Perhaps they have big plans, and at any >moment will shock the world. > >Or, perhaps, all these "rumors" I keep hearing are just that; rumors. AMD sales >have been falling, and Intel is quickly gathering the customers it had lost >since the P4 release. > >Do you know that I have an e-mail from April, from an AMD sales person, telling >me the .13 micron chips will be available in April. Guess what? They still >aren't available, almost 2 full months later. Hell, I don't even need to post >the e-mail, just go to AMDs website and read the press releases. It's there.
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