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Re: It's got a longer pipeline and K8 is at 3 GHz too.

3GHz is a launch frequency for Core 2. AMD's 90nm K8 launched at 2.2GHz and single core. It's naive to think that Core 2 won't improve in speed faster than the EOL 90nm K8.

The issue here is the *launch* of 65nm relative to what it can do for AMD's *current* competitiveness. The answer is: nothing. 65nm G-step is less competitive than 90nm F-step, so it's a net step backwards for AMD.

Obviously, this will improve over time, and H-step has a much greater chance of outclocking Rev-F. But H-step is still many quarters away from mass production.