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"Withholding" implies that Intel had chipsets that could support the memory, but they were unwilling to launch them. That's silly, and you know it. Clearly, Intel made the commitment to go Rambus, and at the time, they had no hedge plan. Therefore, they had to scramble to make solutions when RDRAM wasn't competitive. Right now, RDRAM is very competitive, but it's too late. The industry wants nothing to do with it.
When industry standard memory is PC-133 SDRAM, PC-1600 and PC-2100 DDR, and Intel refuses to support these industry standard memory types, and instead supports a proprietary one in order to corner the industry, to me it equals withholding support.
Re: "I wonder if 2 to 3 years from now you will also agree than Intel is making the right decision by going to x86-64, abandoning than IA-64?"
If that comes to pass, then why wouldn't I admit that I am wrong?
LOL. You are doing it again. You are already planning on flip-flopping your opinion to be in tune with Intel agenda. If you really were an independent thinker, you would have said: "If Intel goes with x86-64 and kills IA-64, it would be the dumbest idea, because IA-64 is far superior to x86-64 because of a), b), c) (insert your PR gibberish such as robustness, high availability etc)
The examples of why you are an independent thinker that you cite:
Most recently, I have been critical of Intel's megahertz myth, which they seem to be propagating when they now have the chance to do something about it. AMD hasn't been able to get TPI off the ground, and instead they are relying on QuantiSpeed.
And you knock QuantiSpeed, since Santa Clara has just given orders. I can't believe how you are playing into what TWY and Kap have been saying.
Re: "I have been AMD shareholder on this board, and I have questioned probably half of the decisions AMD made. You seem to be content with every single decision Intel makes, until Intel makes a reversal, and then you support the new decision, keeping you 100% in sync with Intel PR operation."
Come now, Joe. You shout the Jerry Sanders Party Line more often than not. Are you so blind that you can call me 100% biased, and you 0%?
Common, be real. You can go through my post and find 100s if not 1,000 posts of various criticism of AMD, disagreement with their strategy and execution. The best you could do is to give a neutral comment about MHz propagating the MHz myth (BTW, wasn't it one of the speaches at fall IDF - moving beyond MHz) and you did not forget to sneak in a shot at AMD, while you were supposedly demonstrating your free thinking.
Re: "If you think this is an unfair portrayal of you, maybe you can list instances of current Intel policies, actions, direction or decisions that you just absolutely hate or even things that upset you or you are annoyed by."
I already have, and if you stay tuned, you're sure to hear more.
Ok, I will be watching.
Joe |
