Intel Corp (INTC)

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Considering that the estimates posted by AMD are for the 1Meg Opteron, and if they are Peak scores rather than base, I believe I must revise my estimate and say that it is very possible that the soon to be released 3.06GHz P4 with HT enabled will outperform not only Clawhammer as I have been saying all along, but Opteron as well. Additionally if AMD's scores are not Peak which I suspect they are, the 3.2GHz P4 with HT enabled will match Opteron to an almost dead heat. If they are Peak then the P4 will clearly win.

And in the middle of next year when AMD's processors are just starting to ship, then comes Prescott

Interesting... hopefully your analysis is spot on... would be great for Intel. It does, however, underscore something that I've (and many others) have been saying. The K8 core isn't going to be the core that lets AMD "switch positions" with Intel (as many AMD supporters have indicated), but rather what simply keeps them in the game...