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Re: Intel Cleaning AMD's Clock

  • Subject: Re: Intel Cleaning AMD's Clock
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:17:57 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / ISBE, Manchester University / ITS / Netscape / MCC
  • References: <1f8c6pdl5slpg$.dlg@funkenbusch.com> <UI8Tg.38921$F45.31621@fe18.usenetserver.com>
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__/ [ yttrx ] on Friday 29 September 2006 13:55 \__

> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Anyone remember this thread?
>> 
>>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/c838745b1733cfbe
>> 
>> In particular, my comments here:
>> 
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c43434994a8ea7e8
>> 
>> To which i got responses of derision and "vaporware", now here it is a
>> mere
>> 9 months later and the entire industry has turned upside down.  Today,
>> they're asking "What went wrong with AMD?"
>> 
>> http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=798
>> 
>> People like Peter K, Peter Jensen, Ghost in the Machine, William Poaster,
>> and Sinister Midget just couldn't help themselves.  Apparently, if I
>> supported it, it had to be wrong, and couldn't happen.
>> 
>> Intel's Core Duo and Core 2 Duo are wiping the walls wtih AMD, and AMD's
>> only response (AM2) has been met with Yawns by the industry.  So now
>> they're just going to slap a few more cores together, without addressing
>> their real problems and hope that helps.
>> 
>> AMD blew it.  Instead of steaming ahead while they had the chance, they
>> sat on their haunches, content to merely slightly one-up each new intel
>> release, and let Intel build up a huge amount of steam to blow past them.
>> The stuff on Intel's roadmap is very impressive, including Ultra Low
>> voltage CPU's for portable devices that consume as little as .5 Watts, A
>> new serial interconnect (similar to AMD's HyperTransport, but
>> significantly faster), and a universal platform that allows multiple
>> architecture CPU's to be plugged (primarily meant to allow Itanium to run
>> on standard motherboards).
>> 
>> I won't wait for the appologiies.
> 
> Clearly you're drunk and have psychological problems.
> 
> Why is it so important for you to be RIGHT on COLA?  And who the fuck cares
> anyhow?

It's sad when one's creed of life are /arguments/ in a UseNet forum. Not even
a forum that one has genuine interest in...

Srguing for the sake of arguing. Ho hum.

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