Replies to post #42158 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[HailMary]

And Dothan is kicking Athlon's butt every way to Sunday. Not bad for a "slight advantage."

Of course you are comparing a 90nm part to a 130nm part. This advantage will soon diminish. I would bet AMD's 90nm A64 is going to be close to Dothan in power consumption. We'll know in a couple of weeks (perhaps even next week?).

[fastpathguru]

The truth is that power matters much more in the mobile market than it does in desktops.

Even though true, it doesn't diminish the fact that Prescott is stuck between a rock (power consumption and leakage) and a hard place (temperature), both of which are significantly worse than Hammer's.

And Dothan is kicking Athlon's butt every way to Sunday. Not bad for a "slight advantage."

Overstating things a bit? Dothan has the thin & light market sewn up currently, yes. However it looses to Hammer outside of thin & light, and it dies the day Microsoft's marketing push for XP64 begins.

fpg