Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Elmer Phud]

Paul -

I found the link in a subsequent post.

What was interesting was the claim that Opteron will launce at 1.4 & 1.6GHz. That's a real pullback from the 2.0GHz they claimed and a look at the ~1200 SPECint score they claimed shows that even if the 1.6G version gets 90% on the score of the 2.0G (unlikely) it will trail the existing 3.06GHz P4 that's been available in volume for months. An even faster P4 might be available by then as well, further distancing the gap. We'll have to wait and see of course but if this is the way it turns out it is a far cry from the "fastest processor in the world" as AMD promised. I predicted from the start that P4 would beat Hammer when everybody else was buying the hype and it looks like I'm right again. We'll find out in about a month, unless AMD delays it again.