Replies to post #3724 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[Elmer Phud]

Spokeshave -

However, if it does turn out that 256K cache Hammers perform about 20% or so better than like-clocked Athlons, then it could be bad news for Intel.

Not at a 2200+ rating and not unless they can manufacture lots and lots of them.

EP

[fingolfen]

Hmmm. I don't remember AMD promising that its lower-clocked engineering samples would be the fastest processors on the planet. In fact, I don't remember AMD making any promises about the fastest processor on the planet.

However, if it does turn out that 256K cache Hammers perform about 20% or so better than like-clocked Athlons, then it could be bad news for Intel.

I also seem to remember that AMD was going to release the hammer at 2.0GHz something like a year ago... I find it somewhat telling that the hammer is still slow and in "engineering sample" mode at this point...

[SemiconEng]

Hmmm. I don't remember AMD promising that its lower-clocked engineering samples would be the fastest processors on the planet. In fact, I don't remember AMD making any promises about the fastest processor on the planet.

>>> So, actualy, what AMD said was.........

"Hammer will have the strongest performance on the market," says Mark Bode, a marketing manager at AMD
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020924_6824.htm

FYI
Semi