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To: cookiechip who wrote (212673)	10/4/2006 11:27:44 PM
From: Elmer Phud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

cookiechip If AMD is behind the power curve, you should explain this to Cray, Sun, and IBM. They are building super computers to be delivered next year with a chip that has yet to be manufactured. I am sure they are aware of the performance capability of the current and soon to be Intel chips and yet they passed on that. Couldn't that argument be use both ways? If the fact that a company has chosen a particular chip proves something, what does it prove when another company makes a different choice? The benchmarks are pretty dramatically in favor on Intel's chips. There are some where AMD's prove a better choice and that's probable the better choice for customers who have a specific application that fits that niche. Here's one example: for applications that need a single memory image, Intel's Itanium is pretty much in a class by itself. Can you give us an example where AMD's architecture is a clear advantage?