RatBrain - Re: "Thus the second processor runs only 50% faster than the first, despite being clocked twice as fast. "
Touche' !!!
The second processor runs 50% faster than the first !!!
Faster is BETTER !!!
That's what helps in SERVERS !!!
Now, as an AMDROID, you can pipe in here about AMD's cheaper costs - and invoke the superior Price/Performance arguments !
However, just where are AMD's server offerings?
With the SERVER segment growing MUCH FASTER than the Wal Mart/Costco/Joe Six Pack retail segment, don't you find it embarrassing that AMD HAS NO SMP SOLUTION ?
And the LATER AMD IS in getting an SMP solution the LATER THEY WILL EVEN BE CONSIDERED for server requirements !!!
Just why is is that nobody here on the AMDroid thread wants to discuss AMD's DELAYED SMP PROGRAM ?
AMD is giving Intel a FREE PASS in the most lucrative market segment !
After all, didn't AMD PROMISE SERVER ATHWipers for late 1999?
zdnet.com
AMD's Athlon gets down to business
The chipmaker plans to launch two versions with special appeal to the corporate market.
By John G. Spooner, ZDNN
August 8, 1999 4:30 PM PT
With the launch of its new Athlon chip, AMD plans on getting down to business -- literally. MORE FROM ZDNET:
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The Sunnyvale, Calif., is concocting a two-tiered strategy to make its new chip that much more attractive for corporations, which still comprise a huge hunk of the computer market. As part of the initiative, AMD will launch two Athlon brands -- Athlon Ultra and Athlon Professional -- in this year's fourth quarter.
The Athlon Ultra version of its new chip will come in clock speeds of up 700 MHz. What's more, it will be able to spirit data between the chip and memory at 400 MHz -- or double current bus speeds. And it will come with up to 8MB of Level 2 cache, the capability to work in multi-processor systems and features that will make it for a company's IT department to manage the systems.
Athlon Professional, which will consist of AMD's fastest Athlon desktop chips, will be aimed at the corporate desktop. There, AMD will offer features that appeal to IT managers, including security and the cost of maintaining a machine throughout its lifecyle.
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