> If all that we have for the second half of 2001 is an 1.5 Palomino,
> will it be enough to fight an enhanced P4 with 2 GHz?
Firstly, I suspect that this will be a 1.53GHz Palomino, not just 1.50GHz.
Secondly, what do you mean by an "enhanced" P4? AFAIK, P4 at 2.00GHz will be the same as it is now, just running at a higher frequency (and optionally running on a much slower PC133 platform).
Thirdly, 1.20GHz Thunderbird is competitive, and many say faster than, 1.50GHz P4. The equivalent Thunderbird to 2.00GHz, assuming equivalent scaling, would be a 1.60GHz Thunderbird.
Fourthly, the Palomino will offer per-clock performance improvements over the Thunderbird.
Imho, it looks pretty close in the performance comparison. Marketing is a totally different issue, but so far AMD is in a "competitive performance at 80% frequency" scenario and it's working out. So far.
-JC |
