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mmoy

07/20/10 7:01 PM

#92695 RE: Windsock #92694

Intel effectively solved the FSB performance difference in 2005 with big caches and a bunch of IPC improvements. Of course AMD did better in some workloads.

I think that it was Spring 2005 when the benchmarks came out and nobody could believe them and later on they were verified.
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Elmer Phud

07/20/10 7:05 PM

#92697 RE: Windsock #92694

Windsock -

There are actually 2 interfaces Intel has patented. The CPU2CPU connection and the CPU2SB connection.

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tecate

07/20/10 7:42 PM

#92700 RE: Windsock #92694

No one questioned the bus change except him I think.