Author: Bo Persson
Date: 12:42:07 08/09/03
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On August 09, 2003 at 13:28:16, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On August 07, 2003 at 15:08:29, Eugene Nalimov wrote: > >>Unfortunately, "clock per clock" rating methodology is wrong. > >It's only 'wrong' when you don't understand what is being talked >about. Rememeber that Athlon broke the 1 GHz "barrier" at least 3 weeks before the Pentium III. Intel decided that this should never, *ever* happen again! So, the Pentium 4 is *specifically* designed to have a high clock rate. The Intel engineers got the design parameters: 1. High clock speed 2. High clock speed 3. High clock speed 4. Higher clock speed than *any* brand "A" CPU, anyway! 5. Performance would be nice too, if it doesn't interfere with rules 1-4 And now you say that "sure, the clock speed is high, but some other brands does more work *per* *clock*". Duh! Of couse they do. That's by design. Intel was first to 2 GHz. Intel was first to reach 3 GHz. Intel will certainly be first to 4 GHz. Case closed! > >My conclusion is that the Opteron 2.0Ghz is faster than anything >else, even though the Pentium 4 runs at 3.2Ghz in its fastest >incarnation. And Intel will maintain that their processors are the Fastest In The World(tm), because they run at 3.2 GHz! Bo Persson
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