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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (73099)9/25/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: kapkan4u  Read Replies (2) of 1572382
 
<Now, do you mean to tell me that a PIIIB will be from 13-40% faster than a normal PIII? And that would just be to match the Athlon. Add more % if his "significant" is to have any meaning.

I think NOT. Therefore this guy is full of BS based on my assumption he thinks Coppermine is PIIIB.>

Cirruslvr,

I think that there is a campaign of rumor and innuendo orchestrated by Intel trying to talk up the CuMine performance. We have seen numerous manifestations of it here on this board and elsewhere. You can always find a benchmark that fits into CuMine 256KB L2, but does not fit in Athlon's 128KB L1 to make a point. Note that the same people who claim the inside knowledge of CuMine's prowess do not quote any benchmarks.

Why is Intel doing this? My theory is that they are hoping to push AMD into an overly aggressive Athlon MHz ramp. Remember that AMD tried to do that with k6-2 late in 1998 and it cost them dearly when the process broke.

Kap
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