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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Process Boy who wrote (90320)1/28/2000 8:27:00 PM
From: Epinephrine  Read Replies (4) of 1574005
 
Process Boy,

<I believe Willamette micro-architecture enhancements....>

I had high hopes for your reply and you do not disappoint. Thank you :)

<If you are AMD-centric, you could certainly take solace in repeated rumors that AMD could release 1GHz "anytime it wants". I have no idea if these rumors are true or not. If they are, obviously my position is in deep doo-doo, but I would have to ask the question why they don't do it then. I've heard ideas on this that are pretty unconvincing.>

Even if AMD can release 1GHz today, I agree with the claims that it is not in AMD's best interests to get to far ahead of Intel. Jerry specifically stated that they are not pushing the process so that they will not break it like they did with the K62, and I think that is very wise. This may be AMD's last chance and it sure would be tragic (for me at least) if they messed it up and choked by trying to prove a MHz related point rather than pacing themselves like in a foot race and only sprinting when it becomes necessary.

<I've heard ideas on this that are pretty unconvincing.>

My most convincing reason for not releasing 1GHz even if they have it now is the lack of on die cache. Without on die cache speeding up the processor clock brings diminishing gains in performance. AMD cannot afford to make their 1GHz processor look like a dud because it only performs marginally better than an 800 or 850Mhz version due to cache performance limitations. So as long as they stay on par with Intel in speed it behoves them not to release hamstrung implementations of their core and hold off on the faster versions until they can take advantage of on die cache. I would greatly appreciate your opinion on this guess. Is this reason convincing?

Thanks again, I am enjoying talking to you :)

Epinephrine
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