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To: dougSF30 who wrote (196612)	5/12/2006 10:05:18 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

"Based on everything we know so far, including roadmaps and selected benchmarks" This is the big problem, isn't it? Correct me if I am wrong, but all other benchmarks, except for the chosen ones, are still under NDA. Now if Intel's goal is to Osbourne sales until NGA wanders onto the stage, why not let all benchmarks be published? That is, if they actually are as good or better than equivalent K8 ones. It is only a couple of weeks until introduction, and we still don't have a clue as to how those chips actually perform except on those benchmarks. Even Woodcrest benchmarks are the same ones, which aren't even close to being typical server benchmarks.

To: dougSF30 who wrote (196612)	5/13/2006 2:28:51 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

ME: They will just be LESS BEHIND for a while. That's what he said, whether you choose to believe it or not. YOU: He most certainly did NOT say those words. I listened. Here's his exact words, posted Message 22437495 "It's also to be expected that, because our design cycles don't exactly match eachother, you know, there's going to be some phenomenon where they're going to get closer and then we're going to accelerate again" [i.e., moving further away again] "and then they're going to accelerate again, and so, we're off sync." So he revealed two possible STATES of the Intel/AMD competition. When AMD is accelerating, they are moving further away from Intel in performance; when Intel is accelerating, they are moving closer together. Only in your hyperspace is the geometry ambiguous. So my original statement is true: "They will just be LESS BEHIND for a while. That's what he said, whether you choose to believe it or not." Petz