Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

The difference between you and me is that I already know than 4P Opteron 1.6 Ghz is
faster than 4P Itanium II 1 Ghz, even though single Opteron is slower than single Itanium II,
but you will learn that four weeks from now.

The Opteron will be faster on some work loads, the McKinley will be faster on
many others. Hardly brilliant when you consider the McKinley is a 0.18 um bulk
CMOS chip with aluminum interconnect and the Opteron is a 0.13 um SOI CMOS
chip with copper interconnect. The 0.13 um Madison will ship a couple months
after Opteron and that will be a entirely different ball game.