Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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doug

Are you saying they no longer sell 1.4GHz Opterons.

No. But I hope they dont get these parts out of current manufacturing anymore, but sell it from inventories of earlier manufacturing stages.

What I'm saying is that one can't really conclude anything from the offered speeds of merely the Athlon64 and Athlon64 FX-- one needs to also consider the offered speeds of the Opteron part, since all 3 are produced from the same die on the same process.

I guess "the same process" could be easily a misunderstanding. This is a dynamic thing, that is why i mentioned learning-curve. The same process is subject of tweaks every day - to be improved over time.

What came out from the same process of T-Breds is basically all the same process - tweaked by several design- and lithographic steppings as well as process parameters. Ranging from 1700+ to 3200+ CPUs within 18 months.

Same applies for K8 (and every semiconductor-process)

Does that make sense?

K.