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Re: Well given Intel's NGA is an evolution of the P-M core, I don't see the big deal that AMD won't have a new ground up core anytime soon. The mentioned K8L could be as much of a difference as between P-M and NGA. P4 was a brand new core and look where that led. Perhaps Intel and AMD are becoming more cautious and using more proven u-architectures going forward.

It's all speculation at this point, so you could be right. I don't know what to expect from K8L. It might be a 65nm K8 with quad core and the next Hypertransport interface, or it could come with significant enhancements. However, I do think we should at this point expect NGA to be a P-M evolution with major enhancements; or else it would have little chance of meeting the performance/watt claims that Intel has made publicly.