Wanna Re..That's right. And I still believe that.<<<<<<<
Really
<Suffice it to say, I don't consider Van Smith a reliable source. <<<<<<<
Here is Van Smiths article.
The Real Reason Intel Canceled the 2GHz Server Xeon
Industry sources have revealed that the real reason behind Intel’s recently canceled 2GHz Xeon server chip was not due to technical issues, but solely attributable to the poor performance of the MPU. Reportedly OEMs pressured the chip giant to snuff the chip after seeing convincing benchmark results demonstrating that dual 1.2GHz Pentium IIIs soundly and consistently beat dual 2 GHz Xeon servers based on the Willamette core. The Santa Clara CPU company now plans to accelerate the launch of “Prestonia,” the 0.13 micron server version of the Pentium 4, into early next year. The first Prestonias are expected to debut at 2.2GHz, the minimum speed necessary, we are told, to reach performance parity with its more established, but much slower-clocked PIII older sibling. Although Intel could easily introduce 1.5 GHz and perhaps even faster Tualatin PIII’s, the semiconductor firm has locked its fate with the P4 as it attempts to market megahertz over MIPS.
Which part of this sentence do you disagree with. Reportedly OEMs pressured the chip giant to snuff the chip after seeing convincing benchmark results demonstrating that dual 1.2GHz Pentium IIIs soundly and consistently beat dual 2 GHz Xeon servers based on the Willamette core. <<<<<<<< Do you disagree with the OEM part in that the OEM's quashed the 2ghz because it was too slow; instead you believe Intel itself quashed the chip because it was too slow. Or do you disbelieve that the dual PIII 1.2 ghz can consistently outbench the dual P4. Didn't one of the AMD members, I believe it was Constantine, just tell you that the AMD dual MP soundly beat the Dell solution, yet his IP managers still went with dell. Didn't you believe him either? How about Anand then. From Anands review of the Tyan board . We originally wrote about this board back in June, at the start of Computex. The performance was spectacular, even besting that of a dual 1.7GHz Intel Xeon system. <<<<< Don't you think a dual PIII Xeon can run as fast as a dual Athon MP? If it can, then why don't you believe the dual PIII beat the 2ghz dual P4 also.
Or was it this sentence you didn't believe. Although Intel could easily introduce 1.5 GHz and perhaps even faster Tualatin PIII’s, the semiconductor firm has locked its fate with the P4 as it attempts to market megahertz over MIPS.
Isn't the new 1.2 celleron a tualatin, and didn't Anands overclock that to 1.5. What is wrong with that statement, and why is Intel killing off the PIII just when they have a chip that can compete with AMD at the low end. |
