amd .vs intel....

[Steve Brueckner]

Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On 12/12/05, Gilboa Davara <gilboada at netvision.net.il> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 14:23 -0700, Robin Laing wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am also an AMD man and from what I have read, AMD is not producing
>>> more cutting edge and top line processors than Intel.
>>> 
>> 
>> Your own link seem to suggest that Intel is behind the performance
>> curve.
> 
> I believe there's a typo causing some misunderstanding here.  I
> believe Robin meant to say, "AMD is now producing more cutting edge
> and top line processors than Intel."  
> 
> --
> Chris
> 
> "I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford.  I
> trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot." 

I'd love to buy an AMD for the performance, but they appear to be lagging by
at least half a year on virtualization support.  Intel's VT-enabled chips
are due out in the next couple of months, while AMD's Pacifica-enabled chips
aren't due out until late 2006.

This matters to anyone who wants to run Xen.  For anyone else, AMD seems the
clear choice.

Stephen Brueckner, ATC-NY