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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 231.80+1.7%Jan 16 3:59 PM EST

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To: porn_start878 who wrote (35393)4/10/2001 8:57:56 PM
From: fyodor_Read Replies (1) of 275872
 
Max: Remember the first copper TBird, which was demoed at 1.13GHz... demo speed is no indication of the chip's scalability. Were does your "12 months ago" come from? P4?

Taking the latter of your questions first: ??? No, absolutely not! The Athlon reached 1GHz in March '00 (officially, anyway). That's well above the 900MHz AMD has been showing off its new, "capable-of-reaching-amazing-frequencies" Palomino at. The P4 has nothing to do with anything in this matter.

On the former question: Exactly. The Tbird was demoed ABOVE its introductory frequency. The same can be said of most, if not all, of Intel's chips (2GHz P4 aircooled a year ago (IIRC!), anyone?). When AMD cannot even match current Athlon operating frequencies with hand-picked samples of its supposed-to-be-amazingly-fast core, that worries me.

Shouldn't it?

-fyo
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