Deja Vu? AMD's Last Gambit

Vikingod · May 16, 2007, 12:31 PM

Source: Real World Technologies
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In 2002, AMD’s K7 was lagging behind the high frequency 130nm Pentium 4 (Northwood). The 2003 launch of the K8 was a bet-the-company kind of move for AMD. But, by 2005, they had clearly hit the jackpot with the K8 microprocessor. They had three out of four of the major OEMs pitching their server products and Intel’s products barely kept pace in the UP (1 socket) and DP (2 socket) server markets. In the MP (4 socket) server market, AMD was clearly the best choice by a wide margin.

Vikingod · May 16, 2007, 12:52 PM

Really good article. Everyone should read this one.

Judas · May 16, 2007, 01:20 PM

that is indeed a decent read

**kris23** · May 16, 2007, 08:23 PM

so basically this chip is the kind of last remaining deciding factor for the fate of the company....... i really hope it saves them, because with the way things look..... they could die if it cant beat Penryn.... it looks like it has a somewhat better architecture, but the penryn is basically the brute force pumped big bro of the QX6700 and we dont know if the chip can top 5GHz since it has some other modifications besides simple die-shrink

Judas · May 16, 2007, 08:39 PM

i read an even more indepth article comparing the current amd, barcelona, core 2 dou/quad as well as the next gen intel right down the nitty gritty, and everything seems to be leaning towards AMD having the upper hand as intel takes the leap at higher ghz again while amd is looking for more juice out of the current ghz range.

amdking · May 16, 2007, 10:55 PM

any chance you can link that article?

GutterPunk · May 17, 2007, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by amdking

any chance you can link that article?

Yeah I wanna see that!

I just don't think Intel is going to be that dumb or i hope not. They need to get as much work done as possible with these cores, the c2d made a terrific point, and they need to keep that going.

Judas · May 17, 2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by amdking

any chance you can link that article?

that's the thing.. i tried to find it 2 weeks ago when something about the barcelona and intel news came up.... i can't find the freaking thing..

i can't remember who wrote it up, but it was about 4 times as long as this one and even further indepth....

i've been googling it yesterday for about 2 hours.. and could find a damn thing.. (majority of the hits were absalute garbage.. wish google would allow us to put in a filter to get rid of Selling/buying websites and crap like that)

May 16, 2007, 12:31 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,149 Rep Power: 85 System Specs	Deja Vu? AMD's Last Gambit Source: Real World Technologies ___________ In 2002, AMD’s K7 was lagging behind the high frequency 130nm Pentium 4 (Northwood). The 2003 launch of the K8 was a bet-the-company kind of move for AMD. But, by 2005, they had clearly hit the jackpot with the K8 microprocessor. They had three out of four of the major OEMs pitching their server products and Intel’s products barely kept pace in the UP (1 socket) and DP (2 socket) server markets. In the MP (4 socket) server market, AMD was clearly the best choice by a wide margin. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

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May 16, 2007, 08:23 PM	#4
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,309 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	so basically this chip is the kind of last remaining deciding factor for the fate of the company....... i really hope it saves them, because with the way things look..... they could die if it cant beat Penryn.... it looks like it has a somewhat better architecture, but the penryn is basically the brute force pumped big bro of the QX6700 and we dont know if the chip can top 5GHz since it has some other modifications besides simple die-shrink __________________ Driverheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (9/4/09) New i5 systems with more to come! Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

May 16, 2007, 10:55 PM	#6
amdking DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	any chance you can link that article?