Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:59:42 02/09/04
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On February 09, 2004 at 14:52:06, Joachim Rang wrote: >On February 09, 2004 at 14:47:59, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On February 09, 2004 at 14:23:55, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >> >>>... by releasing their processors at the same speed in GHz ? >> >>Intel has the best fab in the world. How is AMD going to match that? The speed >>is largely a function of the process and trace size. Intel's fascilities are >>better. >> > >that is only half of the truth (at best). AMD decided to concentrate on >performance rather than on GHz. So AMD proc perform more instructions per cycle. > I think it would be technically possible to release today a 5 GHz proc which >performs only one instruction per cycle. The performance would be terrible, but >one could claim it runs on 5 GHz. And you believe that a chip which performed 10 instructions per cycle would not run at the same speed given the same trace size and process (e.g. copper bonded)? I think if AMD had Intel's fascilities, they could produce Opterons at 3.4 GHz. I think many facets of AMD's design are better. But Intel's fascilities are superior.
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