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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (71509)9/9/1999 2:14:00 PM
From: Charles R  Read Replies (3) of 1573857
 
Tenchusatsu,

<Intel leaves one window of opportunity open for AMD, and already people think that Intel has fallen way behind and can never catch up.>

Wow! Intel left a window open for AMD? C'mon!

<What do you expect from Willamette, anyway? Just something that can achieve performance parity with Athlon? >

Yup, give or take a little. There have been some spec changes over the last few months to boost the core. I am not sure of the exact impacts of these changes yet but at this point I believe that at the time of Introduction, I would be surprised if Wilamette holds significant advantages over Athlon-derivative in the market.

<Would it be too much of a shock if I told you that Willamette will be a major leapfrog?>

Major leapfrog? I think not. If Intel can get multithreading to work there could be a minor advantage but the last I heard it is looking like it won't make it if they have to make Christmas next year - may be for Foster. Also, even if multithreading works, it will not have any advantages for mainstream desktop applications - so, mark this for a don't care. If I were a Intel long, I would be hoping that they can get the damn thing out by Christmas '00 - forget about leapfrogging.

Tenchustasu, IMO, Intel is behind on x86 processor design and seriously so. Without 0.13, Intel will be in deep trouble by Q3 of next year. Even the massive Wilamette die-size is going to require 0.13 for good execution while Athlon derivatives can humm along nicely on 0.18.

I challenge you (or any Intel long) to come up with an argument to contradict the above paragraph.

Chuck

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