Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:36:18 02/09/04
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On February 09, 2004 at 15:07:27, Joachim Rang wrote: >On February 09, 2004 at 14:59:42, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>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. > > >No I think you are wrong. 10 instruction per cycle produce a lot more heat than >1 instruction per cycle. No way. The transister count, transistor density, and materials process are what matters. > I think the design of the AMD procs dont allow >3 GHz >yet (this will come of course with 90 and 65 nm). >I don't think with the fascilities of Intel AMD would be able to release >Opterons at 3.4 GHz but I may be wrong. > >Who is an expert in this field? Tom Kerrigan. There are some others who post here. My understanding is strictly amateur, though I do have a year of electronics training.
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