Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Re: Either he is talking about K8L (and it's later than most here
expect) or else K8L will have a lifespan about the same as
long as Dempsey's.

Of course it's K8L. What else would it be? AMD crowed over K8L at their last analyst's conference talking about all the new features in it, and making it seem like it's right around the corner. But here's the catch: if AMD can't launch this sucker until 2008, they will have big problems between now and then, with only the G-step 65nm F-shrink to carry the torch.

In fact, thinking of it this way makes a lot more sense than previous rumors, which had 4 or 5 different cores lining up all at the same point. AMD may have increased their development teams, but not enough to have F-step, 90nm quad core, G-step dual core, G-step quad core, H-step dual core, H-step quad core, and mobile optimized parts of all these steppings to all come out within a year period.

The new schedule aligns with a yearly beat rate, with quad core specials sort of sprinkled out in between. F-step is AMD's 2006 CPU, followed by a 65nm G-step next year, followed by next-gen H-step Deerhound in 2008. Seems much more realistic.