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To: Tony Viola who wrote (158739)	2/14/2002 12:00:39 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony, Re: "How a Duron or even Athlon XP SDRAM system is supposed to match the price/performance of a Pentium 4/SiS645 configuration is beyond me, especially with the AMD box powered by an over-the-hill chipset like the KT133A or KM133." Clearly a biased website. How much must Intel have paid them to spout such garbage over AMD's obviously superior systems??? <GGG> wbmw

To: Tony Viola who wrote (158739)	2/14/2002 12:05:40 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

New Intel VTune Performance Analyzer Helps Optimize Web Services Applications biz.yahoo.com SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2002--Intel Corporation demonstrated its latest version of the Intel® VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer with additional features that make application performance tuning easier and more efficient for Microsoft Visual Studio(1) .NET(1) developers so that their applications can run at the highest levels of performance on Intel-based platforms. During his keynote at the VSLive! show in San Francisco today, Will Swope, vice president and co-general manager of Intel's Software and Solutions Group, demonstrated the beta version 6.0 of the VTune Performance Analyzer. The new tool, due in April, supports the Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Xeon(TM) and Itanium(TM) processors and the Mobile Intel® Pentium® III Processor - M. ``Intel is working to make Web services development easier and efficient by bringing together powerful, interoperable tools and technologies across Intel-based platforms,'' said Swope. ``The latest version of the VTune Performance Analyzer is designed to give the developer using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET a close look into the application code to pinpoint bottlenecks and then optimize the code so that it performs at the highest levels on Intel-based platforms.'' New features include an updated user interface and an enhanced call graph. The VTune Performance Analyzer also includes multi-threaded support so that developers can tune their applications to take advantage of Intel's Hyper-Threading technology appearing later this quarter in the Intel Xeon processor family for dual and multi-processor servers. The new integrated Intel® Tuning Assistant provides system and source level tuning insights based on operating system and CPU performance counters, making the tool an integral part of the application optimization process. The VTune Performance Analyzer collects, analyzes and displays software performance data from the system-wide view down to a specific function, module or instruction in a developer's source code. The tool helps developers easily recognize potential performance bottlenecks and produce a higher level of performance and competitiveness for their applications. ``Developers at Microsoft use the VTune Performance Analyzer from Intel because of the optimization capabilities that it provides when writing software programs,'' said Tom Button, vice president of enterprise tools and developer marketing at Microsoft. ``The VTune Performance Analyzer helps our developers deliver high-quality software programs, and at the same time enables the applications to take advantage of the latest Intel processor advancements. We have had several teams use VTune to successfully optimize the performance of our software.'' With support for Visual Basic .NET(1), Visual C# .NET(1), C/C++, Fortran, Assembler and Microsoft Visual Basic(1), version 6.0 of the VTune Performance Analyzer will be available to developers in April 2002 for $699. Purchase of the product includes one year of Intel Premier Support, access to all product updates and access to renewal pricing at the end of the year. The beta version of the tool is available today to all developers, including those that are participating in the Early Access Programs for the Intel Xeon, Itanium and Pentium 4 processor families. For more information about the VTune Performance Analyzer, visit www.intel.com/software/products. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Intel, Intel Xeon, Itanium, VTune and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. (1) Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. wbmw

To: Tony Viola who wrote (158739)	2/14/2002 12:22:27 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony, LOL. The site you are quoting are the disgruntled ramBUS people. In short, the site and all the contributors are a joke. Regarding SDR SDRAM, it is a fast disappearing memory type. A temporary situation existed, when Rambus was holding Intel by their b***, and Intel was forced to introduce SDR SDRAM chipset, at the time hardly anybody in their right minds designed for this obsolete technology. Now these jokers are trying to turn this anomaly into some kind of asset. They say: But now DDR prices have risen stratospherically; demand has fallen, and we're seeing new trends emerging.* It's a complete joke. DDR demand has never been higher. Memory prices have risen across the board. Another trend is renewed interest in non-DDR memory technologies. A few weeks back, I discussed whether RDRAM may actually have become a better value than DDR for performance PCs. There they go again. Performance users will always scoff at PC133 systems, but with Windows XP having such a voracious appetite for memory, racking a system with low-cost SDRAM has its appeal. Let's see. Crucial site has these prices: 128MB SDR $36.89 128MB DDR $39.59 256MB SDR $67.49 256MB DDR $75.59 The price differences are minimal, and considering that you are getting twice the bandwidth, the hottest technology (in highest demand), it is worth it. It's definitely not worth going back to an obsolete technology, because of this price difference. It looks like these Rambus Zombies will never die. They keep coming back. Joe