Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Jules2]

Posted by: Jules2
In reply to: chipguy who wrote msg# 21453 Date:12/24/2003 6:11:50 PM
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Posted by: chipguy
In reply to: j3pflynn who wrote msg# 21433 Date:12/24/2003 1:08:48 PM
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seem to imply an earlier availability being possible, if demanded?

No. Bringing a buggy chip to market is worse than no
chip at all. Processor vendors can't really rush the
development cycle regardless of how important it is,
even to their survival. Consider how long it took AMD
to go from a "working prototype" to releasing Opteron
even in the face of countless successive money/MSS
losing quarters.

I'll buy that one!


FDIV comes to mind!

My grandfather said it right. Nothing from nothing = nothing.


Jules