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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elmer who wrote (36465)8/31/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: Petz  Read Replies (2) of 1571929
 
Elmer, AMD is catching up in CPU speed and you know it.

Throughout 2H'97, Intel top CPU was 300 MHz PentiumII vs 233 MHz K6 (when you could find them!), a ratio of 1.29. However, the PII was 10% faster than K6 at same clock speed, so the real ratio was 1.42.

Now Intel's top CPU is 450 and AMD's is 350, but K6-2 is only 1-2% slower than PII at 350, so the real ratio is 1.30.

Wait 'til October for the next act in this play.
cpu.simplenet.com : "We have received the information, from a very reliable source, that AMD will release the 400Mhz K6-2 in October..." Even if Intel releases the 500 MHz Pentium II then (not on their roadmap), the ratio will be down to 1.25. If they don't, the ratio is down to 1.18. (allowing 5% for L2 cache advantage of PII).

Do you notice a trend here?

Petz
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