My rant on the IDF....I'm sure it will cause some anger, but that should be a lively spat.
I think Wall Street just got more of the same, and was not happy. The show appeared to have all of the old Intel Bravado, all of the bizarre promises of future breakthroughs, (5 years away), and nothing close to a cohesive road map.
Childish remarks and garbage can props do not impress the media when there is no substance to back it up.
Intel has not addressed the Front side bus issue. IMO, that is a huge mistake. A promise that Xeon will get an On Chip memory controller in 2009, and Itanium gets it a year earlier has to prove that the guy at the wheel doesn't know how to drive, or where to go.
Logic says, if it's good for Itanic, it's better for Xeon, "cuz dat's where da money is!"
An 80 core chip system sounds bizarre, maybe it isn't, but given Intel's penchant to exaggerate the strength of its prowess, it comes off like more B.S. The glue job on the 2 Chip Quad is nothing to brag about, but then to insult their customers with the, "they won't know the difference" remark is over the top, and deserving of a pink slip.
Fiber optic connections, with "Gorilla Glue" fits into the same breakthrough category above. Why would you use fiber optics to connect anything to the slow north bridge, again, it sounds like marketing is in control...not good on substance. |
