"load of imaginary twaddle" does describe the AMD exec's assertion that they are launching Barcelona for 8000-series only, first, *followed by*, 2000-series, *followed by* 1000 & A64, because "it will benefit 4-socket & above most" (paraphrase)
The real reason? A 300mm^2 die is not going to yield well, so the costs will be high, and the volumes low at first, so we have to sell them for as much as possible, and that means 8000-series, then 2000-series, then the rest. It'll be a "trickle launch". There's nothing wrong with that, it makes sense, so why spout a bunch of twaddle like he did?
"early next year" does seem to rule out more information in 2 weeks, and it would not be at all surprising if another spin (or two, or three) was required to achieve AMD's clock speed goals by launch. And "more information on performance" will have to involve non-simulation, and I'm assuming it shouldn't take a couple months to go from booting Windows Server 2003 to running benchmarks, so I conclude they want a new spin before they release the first real data. Is that so hard to believe?
It's easy to simply hurl insults-- how about a thoughtful reply next time? I'm guessing you read the article, thought that portion was "good news", and got angry when I thought it was actually a bit of a negative, and said so. And then, I had the gall to quote the part about the staggered launch, starting with the smallest market segment, and so I got insults in response. |
