amd .vs intel....

Gilboa Davara gilboada at netvision.net.il
Tue Dec 13 14:49:40 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 09:39 -0500, Steve Brueckner wrote:
> 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.
> 

You sure? 
As far as I remember Intel's VT is scheduled to release in Q1/2006.
AMD's Pacifica is scheduled to be release in H1/2006 (Q1?) on for both
Opteron (Socket F) and the Athlon64 (Socket M2 / Windsor).

Did AMD's schedule change?
Gilboa




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