SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 209.04+0.7%Dec 16 3:59 PM EST
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: heatsinker2 who wrote (73108)3/3/2002 10:34:55 PM
From: wanna_bmwRead Replies (1) of 275872
 
Heatsinker, Re: "Surely you jest. Only Intel and Microsoft can ram something down the collective throat (or up the appropriate orifice) of the computer industry. AMD can't push people around."

It was just a play on words over what Combjelly had said. In a sense, both Intel and AMD are forcing their standards on the industry. Intel's is at least measurable in one aspect. You can easily take a probe and verify that a chip runs at the rated frequency. Yet AMD approximates performance using model numbers, and forces motherboard manufacturers to follow their rules, or else they won't put the motherboard on their recommended list.

If I were going to make an argument tit for tat, then I could push this point, but it really doesn't make any difference. Megahertz is no better than QuantiSpeed in rating performance, and Intel is no better than AMD for endorsing megahertz as their performance metric. If AMD wants to gain any credibility in the eyes of the industry, they will simply have to deliver something substantial from the TPI - or else it will just make them look yet again like a copycat - copying Intel's successful Megahertz Sells marketing, but instead using model numbers.

wbmw
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News