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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 214.93+0.7%3:59 PM EST

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To: fyodor_ who wrote (57146)10/4/2001 10:59:38 AM
From: Road WalkerRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
fyo,

Thanks for the effort you put into that response.

It is probably time for some kind new reference number(s) for microprocessor performance.

The right way to do this would be to get all the players together, the OEM's and component manufacturers, and to figure a few standard benchmarks for comparing performance. NOT easy to do, as there would certainly be self serving agendas.

The wrong way to do this is for individual companies to unilaterally start using a discretionary numbers. That just adds to the confusion, it doesn't clarify anything for the end user.

The best solution for the consumer would be for OEM's to use a standardized performance rating for each complete system. That would include the performance of all the components combined, and give the end user a very relevant number. But that would be bad for the microprocessor manufacturers, they would lose brand equity. Folks would be buying on system performance, not some unquantifiable interaction of a half dozen components with different benchmarks.

John
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