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Here they come(nVidia) - remains to be seen whether or not they can make a go of it.
Paul
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mmedia/display/20041217133750.html
Keith - Amusement Park thread?
Paul
Fun chart to look at. ;)
chipguy - re: 850 vs McKinley 1GHz - And the price points would be?
chipdesigner - The article says 2.5GHz.
Keith - re: "
So, while this article seems to be yet another confused piece, what I can gather from it is that Macronix might start becoming
a second source for Spansion´s MirrorBit ORNAND products next year.
Or maybe is is something completely different. Sigh.
"
Clear as mud, eh?
Paul
chipdesigner - Maybe he thinks they can build a power efficient chipset with a memory controller that runs at 2.5GHz too. Not.
;)
Paul
Wisdom would dictate that checking out Consumer Reports on printers would be a good idea. They look at the whole package and its overall effects/costs.
Paul
Looks like it says "XUV 1105" on it.
Is the "XUV" on the piece of equipment shown below a brand name, or does it represent extreme Ultraviolet? Or both?
Paul
greg, bobs - Yup. I've pretty much read the SI Mod AMD thread daily in full for a few years now(since Mani started it - and the old one before then), and still do, though I sometimes make my 3 posts a day now.
Paul
HRDK - VERY interesting. Will make for a fascinating day Monday(and Tuesday), I'm sure!
Paul
morrowinder - what stands out more is the benchmarks used and the number of them.
nForce4 IGP emerging
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20148
pfosse - Yup. If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and smells like a duck......
If they could have, Intel would long ago have provided benchmark results to show their equivalence or superiority. The silence is deafening.
Paul
chipguy, I-banker - both of you need to cut it out.
morrowinder - From this image, which do you think is the heart of the system?
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503weathercom.html?page=2
Windsock - Cute.
Weather.com got Opterons for high-volume webservers. Diss them all you want, but as they prove themselves, they'll become a more solid option in their minds for other applications as well.
Paul
morrowinder - Nice try - weather.com is who is using the Opterons - online. The Weather Channel is their TV side of the house, and yes they did go with some Itaniums(having nothing to do with their online operation), but they did most certainly not replace Opterons.
Paul
Intel too optimistic?
http://www.fool.com/news/take/2004/take041209.htm
"Is Intel Too Optimistic?
By Tim Beyers
Before Al Franken was the politically charged radio host and author he is today, he was co-dependent recovering overeater and faux optimist Stuart Smalley, whose daily affirmations made Saturday Night Live viewers like me laugh out loud. His routine, which always concluded with "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggone it, people like me," could easily be the poster child for denial. Or for cheesy talk shows that pretend to help people.
I've missed seeing Smalley on SNL, which is why Tuesday was a bit of a treat. That's when outgoing Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) CEO Craig Barrett and heir apparent Paul Otellini stood in front of Wall Street analysts and alternatively played professor positive on stage. At one point, Barrett proclaimed that production and design problems from earlier in the year had been corrected and that Intel is now "firing on all eight cylinders in terms of new product introductions."
morrowinder - re:"And some AMD customers(Weather channel) already converted back to intel when nocona/new itanium models have come out. "
Where did you get that? Not what I heard! Link, please?
Paul
DGagnon819 - Congrats! :)
mmoy - They're not alone in that, I just find it amusing and ironic, being called a droid.
You oughta be ROFLing at yourself, calling me a droid. I'm one of the few folks here who's been willing to give you Intel folks the benefit of the doubt. 'nuff said from me.
Paul
chipguy - You very conveniently omit the fact that Intel has already been established in the server market for years, and that they have the advantage of the "Intel only" mindset. For now.
But then, you knew that all too well. You do yourself a discredit with this type of FUD.
Paul
AMD Joins Push for Cooler, More Efficient Server Room
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1737607,00.asp
"By Wayne Rash
December 8, 2004
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s announcement that its new PowerNow technology will be available on its Opteron line of processors could mean a lot to some enterprise customers.
The technology, which actually became available in May, despite AMD's announcement this week, is designed to let the processor run more slowly when demand is light, and then to return to full speed when needed. The technology is the same as the company's "Cool and Quiet" technology intended for laptop applications.
For AMD customers this technology could be crucial. "We have a lot of our customers in the server world who are really facing a lot of power infrastructure issues," said Margaret Lewis, AMD's commercial software strategist. According to Lewis, customers are finding that they can't provide more power to their data centers than they already have, and they can't provide more cooling, either. She said that the best they can do is make judicious use of the power they have.
"Hotter processors take more power, and they require more power to cool," Lewis said. She added that in many cases, data center constraints mean they can't have more power, and even those enterprises that can add more would rather not do it. By slowing the processor down when it's not working hard, the power requirement is reduced, and the resulting heat generation is reduced.
Microprocessor AdvancesWhile the PowerNow technology has been built into Opteron processors produced since May, machines with these processors need a BIOS update from AMD to make it work...."
I_banker - It's entirely possible. Remember Lucky Goldstar? Now known as LG, it has a major presence in the market. Just walk through your local Best Buy, and see how many times you run across the brand throughout the store.
morrowinder- As you know, I'm sure, progress in the server market takes time.
Joe, you're right, it was "announced" that MS would do it by the socket rather than the core.
chipdesigner - Ah, c'mon - dual 32s equals a 64, right? ;)
IBM new technique
strained germanium
http://www.eet.com/semi/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=54800642
From the HORUS roundtable:
Of course, there isn't anything preventing someone from writing a simple loop that will saturate the coherent HT links. Currently we don't see much usage of coherent HT links for commercial applications."
New BAPCO benchmark foundation? ;)
wbmw - In view of the situation at the time, I think you can be forgiven ;) for your AMD pessimism at the time. Things do look rather different now, though.
Paul
Tenchu - Nah, not significant in and of itself, just an interesting conversation item. Also interesting in view of the trends.
Paul
Does this mean Albatron has a complete set of 64-bit drivers for these MBs?
http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/MailHome.asp?datePublish=2004/12/6&pages=PR&seq=203
Albatron K8Ultra-U motherboards support Windows XP 64-bit edition
John McClure, DigiTimes.com, Taipei [Monday 6 December 2004]
"Albatron Technology announced today the availability of two new Athlon 64 motherboards. The K8Ultra-U and the K8Ultra-U Pro are both designed for the upcoming Windows XP 64-bit operating system..."
gollem - re "CYA premium". Kinda like Intel, eh? ;)
chipguy - Yup, Rambus made too many enemies. And I doubt they'll forget over in the Orient.
Paul
greg - Thanks for the link, very informative!
Keith, bobs10 - AMD has also tended to be cyclical as evidenced by Petz's post here:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=1609825
Late Q1 to early Q2 generally hasn't been a bad time to get out, if you're going to do it. Whether 2005 fits that cyclical pattern is another story.
Paul
IBM's not making their Thinkpads now, are they? If not, who is, and are they likely substantially superior to Lenovo? Or might they continue to make them for Lenovo, but add AMD-based products?