Replies to post #61985 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[alan81]

Whadda ya mean?
I can not parse your language regarding bringing woodcrest litho up to Pentium-M's. Perhaps you can clarify. Litho (graphy) refers to the fabrication process used to build the products. Pressler, Dempsey, Tulsa, Conroe, Woodcrest, Merom Yonah all use 65nm lithography. Perhaps the question is if the Pentium M will use not only the Merom die (2M L2?) but also the Woodcrest die which may have 4M L2? I am not sure.

In terms of the spec_int debate, a simple linear extrapolation of the past two years puts AMD at about 2450 in late 2006. It really should be an exponential, but a linear fit seems pretty close for the past few years.
--Alan