<< Clearly that is not what I was saying. So, I see that you are:
- either having a comprehension problem, in which case you can go back and read what I wrote, OR,
- trying twist what I said, in which case there is no point trying to debate >>
You said "I see no merit to this line of thinking". My line of thinking which i stated quite clearly was that the reason I wouldn't second source the chip was because of the quality of the chip and the manufacturer's reputation at the time. I took your quote and applied it to my line of thinking, if you meant to make that quote about someone else's line of thinking then I fail to see why you were replying to me and quoting my text. If you changed my line of thinking to mean something else, then it's you who's twisting words. Either way, you're right there's really no point in taking this any furthor.
<< I am saying that your "widely different quality" theory is total bunk given quite a few Tier-1 OEMs have shipped many millions of chips based on the K6 family. The only real problem that K6 ever had was MHz, due to a short pipeline. The FPU was somewhat weak but I don't think that really mattered in the consumer space where most of the people just buy MHz. >>
The only real problem it had was that it was lower speed, and lower performance at the same speed? What do you consider real problems? Not as pretty a color? Choking hazzard if swallowed? It's a processor, it's primary purpose is to process, it didn't do it at as high mhz or as effectively at the same mhz, those are the two biggest problems it could have besides just doing it entirely incorrectly. (There were also more driver compatibility issues with it, regardless of whether you're willing to believe it).
<< There you go again putting words in my mouth that I never said. >>
It's funny how you refuse to break anything into details, you say I'm putting words in your mouth or that you disagree, but you never clarify what it is you meant, or what part I misinterpreted, so what part do you disagree with:
1) That the major parts of performance are mhz, ipc, and software optimization?
or
2) That you don't know how high mhz the p4 will go to, and that you don't know how well the software will benchmark out. (both of which you previously said you've been saying for over a year now in this post: Message 14523415 |
