Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Chipguy:

They didn't beat them at the same time. IPF loses to Xeon, time and time again. IPF loses to Opteron, time and time again. IPF loses to Power, time and time again.

Trying to put where Xeon, Opteron and Power were two three years ago, now isn't much of a feat. And comparing where Xeon is now when sometime in the future, IPF comes out is just more of the same fallacy.

It is Mid Q3, 2008. IPF still loses to Power. It still loses wrt Xeon or Opteron.

18 months ago, the market didn't implode. Looking forward that far gets lots of changes when it actually arrives. Heck, a few months ago, Intel said they would have $10 billion in Q4 sales. Now they wonder, if they will make their mid quarter update of a $9 billion target. They are cutting expenses, delaying products and doing other things to save money.

Only in your biased view is everything rosy for Itanium. The real numbers do not support your view.

Pete