Amy, <I am not an engineer, others can say this better than me, i.e.>
... Paul, Elmer. ????
Thanks for elaboration. These two individuals are really a good source of unbiased information :) Keep listening to them, and everything will be all right:)
You seem to think that if you cut off bumpers on a Chevy Cavalier, it will run as BMW 740i. Your advisers also think that if bolts and nuts on an engine are made shinier and stronger, the car will run faster. Maybe, but not to the extent they tend to believe. In short, it is extremely naive to think that "design shortcuts" can produce faster processors. A faster processor could be only a result of perfectly aligned and tuned software development tools coupled with sophisticated verification techniques and extremely focused logical engineering, all within limits of manufacturing equipment.
<Intel is set up to do large volume manufacturing and this means the yield requirements (the important factors to high-volume manufacturing) create design requirements which..> Do you mean volumes like Floppermine-733? :) :) I wonder, looking for Intel 0.18 parts availability (or lack of thereof), if Intel cannot meet their own "requirements" as you say, why bother to introduce parts at all? Cannot stand to be a loser? |