Replies to post #2879 on AMD strictly moderated (AMD)

[chipguy]

I don't know which is more disturbing for an AMD investor, an
AMD VP so misinformed about a critical upcoming competing
product or one willing to engage in egregious misrepresentation.

"And calling it a new-generation microarchitecture is a little bit out of balance.

Q: Based on what you've seen of the architecture, do you want to add any further comment on just how old or even new it is?

A: Well, the general picture is of back-to-the-future. My understanding is that it's a Pentium III resurgence, mixed with some of the capability of the Pentium IV."

[wbmw]

Wow, for someone who prides themselves on intellectual honesty (the first words out of his mouth), this guy is anything but.

His entire response makes it seem like NGMA is a K8 clone, but without the integrated memory controller. He totally attributes energy efficiency as an AMD innovation (hello, TMTA?, not to mention Pentium M), and even goes as far as calling predictive branching, large buffers, and wide pipelining as K8 attributes that NGMA is copying (the point being that Banias launched with many of these things before K8 even hit the market).

The guy does not deny Intel's performance claims, but calls them pretentious; obviously, when you are AMD, you don't want to see your competitor wipe the floor with your offering, but the most that Henri Richard is willing to recognize is that Intel has caught up by copying AMD's design, copying their initiatives, but still lacks anything that can be called next generation.

Yeah, very generous (sour grapes) from AMD. I guess we'll see in a few months whether Intel's "K8 Clone / Quick Fix" product can outperform AMD's best response. If so, this guy is going to be eating a lot of crow.