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To: combjelly who wrote (218040)	11/30/2006 9:41:40 AM
From: jspeed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

CJ, I kind of agree with SYH. Maybe I just don't understand the horsepower needed to drive next generation video cards, but I have a hard time seeing why a desktop user would want 8 cores in this platform. Wouldn't there need to be a richer interconnect? I never understood why 4x4 would be a good idea. I'm worried that this was a bad attempt at saving face on the "performance crown". I'd prefer that AMD just kept chugging along gaining marketshare and working on products that made business sense.

To: combjelly who wrote (218040)	11/30/2006 9:49:20 AM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

>> You seem to be under the impression that they will only have 4x4 around for a few weeks. Yes, this particular implemetation (90 nm, or 65 nm shrink) will not have a market. Now possibly a power-efficient K8L, as a 2-socket work-station will be viable. But this 500 watt product will not have any success.