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To: Dan3 who wrote (240206)	9/10/2007 6:23:39 PM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

theinquirer.net Average power consumption is anything but Smoke and mirrors lie behind Barcelona's numbers ... We were hoping that the interwibble would have stumped up plenty of benchmarks and independent analysis of AMD's technology by now. Alas; this has not been the case. It seems that, bucking the trend most hardware manufacturers tend to follow, the folks from Austin have declined to put early systems and silicon in the hands of testers, instead using their slide deck to tout performance and feature advantages found in their own labs. A dubious practice to be sure, such conservatism warrants a closer look. ... Of course, we wouldn't expect any product manufacturer to put out benchmarks showing its products in anything but their best light - but in an age where websites with independent analysis are ten a penny, the exercise seems at best futile, and at worst misleading. This is something Intel learned a few product cycles ago, and which AMD needs to learn fast. Dare we suggest that the reason we are lacking independent analysis of the new Barcelona chips is because so few have been sent out to the press in a bid to see some semblance of a meaningful quantity shipping to customers? Indeed, with no products to get to grips with, the fanfare for AMD's hope and saviour chip has been, well, muted to say the least. A look around the wibble this evening sees most top-tier IT sites not even leading with the Barcelona story. We would say it is too early to call the Barcelona launch a squib, were it not for the fact that AMD touts Barcelona's 'rapidly ramped' development and 'successfully delivered' roll-out. Really? µ