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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Richard Wang who wrote (52907)3/18/1999 10:33:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (2) of 1573927
 
Re: "Is your suspicion better than my suspicion?"

In all honesty it probably is.

Re: "Is your suspicion so superior, so you don't have to back up your claims?"

Perhaps you are confused by what the word "suspect" means. A suspicion is not a claim of fact. It is a clear admission that one does NOT have all the facts to support their position, yet in this situation, they are willing to go out on a limb and make an educated guess. I am basing my guess on several things. 1) Intel has indicated they are very close to having a production worthy .18u process and I see no reason to doubt them. 2) It would not be unusual for a company such as Intel to take an existing product and do a dumb shrink. 3) A dumb shrink on the PIII would no doubt run significantly faster that a .25u version. 4) Goosing up the Vcc would allow for even higher frequency. Therefore I find it entirely possible that Intel has shrunk the PIII to .18u, hand picked a fast sample, jacked up the Vcc and demoed a 800 Mhz system running a limited set of applications.

At the same time I don't believe AMD is as far along as Intel on their .18u process. I suspect (please look up the definition of this word in a good dictionary) AMD hand picked a K7 sample and jacked up the Vcc just as I suspect Intel did with their PIII. For those who suspect Intel used a active cooling system I ask, why would Intel only demo an 800Mhz cooled system when they have already demoed a 1000Mhz cooled system weeks ago? What's the point? Doesn't it make more sense to think this 800Mhz system is somehow different from the 1000Mhz system already demonstrated? Is it such a stretch to think the 800Mhz system might be the .18u PIII version?

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