Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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"unless the SOI just completely doesn't work)."

For AMD, their SOI doesn't work. Period.

Remember what AMD promised several years ago for SOI - LOWER POWER - HIGHER SPEED ?

Now - look what AMD has delivered:

A SLOWER Opteron Processor with SOI than the Athlon without SOI - 1.8 GHz Oppie vs 2.1+ Ghz (Athlon) and a whopping 85 watts for the 1.8 GHz Opteron vs. less than 60 watts for a 1.8 GHz Athlon.

Now, look at die size.

The Oppie with SOI is a horrendous 193 sq. mm. - where AMD had promise 104 sq. mm. several years ago.

In every possible viewpoint, AMD's SOI is a complete and utter failure.

1.8 GHz - 193 sq. mm. - 85 watts - SOI is an abomination.

-SZ