Replies to post #9958 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[subzero]

"http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030623/p4_3200-02.html says that the Northwood "A" core is 146 mm. Again, according to THG, Opteron is 193mm. That difference is 32%, not 42%"

Excuse me.

"Opteron is a server/workstation chip and should be compared to Xeon, Xeon MP and Itanium."

The Fan boys keep putting out Opteron vs Pentium 4 performance data and claims - and I haven't seen you object to that comparison - why are you suddenly so sensitive to the Opteron-Xeon sort of thing?
What are you going to use for an argument when the 940 pin Athlon64 gets launched?

[Elmer Phud]

Petz - [THG] says that the Northwood "A" core is 146 mm. Again, according to THG, Opteron is 193mm. That difference is 32%, not 42%.

Intel hasn't made that old stepping for many moons now. The current die size is ~130mm2. That makes Opteron 48.5% larger. THG is clearly wrong on a lot of their facts. They even list Vcc at 1.50V.