Replies to post #6638 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Elmer Phud]

YB -

in my post I compared A64 with rating 3100 to P4 2.8 Ghz. AMD is too greedy with ratings, but the "advantage" in 300 points means that this chip will be at least as fast as P4 2.8 Ghz. I don't think the exact speed matters for a business PC, what this HP desk is. The 3100 rating suggests that it will run Word and Excel better than the desktop they purchased in 1999 preparing for Y2K bug.

So why productize A64 on 130nm? They can sell lots of Bartons at 3200+ (so they claim) and make far more with a much cheaper die. Who needs 64bits to run their spreadsheets?

[Tenchu]

YB, in my post I compared A64 with rating 3100 to P4 2.8 Ghz.

Here's a rhetorical question: Does the "3100" rating refer to existing 32-bit performance or potential performance using the A64 extensions?

Tenchu

[wbmw]

YB, Re: The 3100 rating suggests that it will run Word and Excel better than the desktop they purchased in 1999 preparing for Y2K bug.

Thank God for that. I can see people everywhere rushing out to buy one. Gotta free up that Microsoft Word bottleneck. ;-)