AMD PR ratings, new chips, 333mhz bus, clawhammer

[MadRat]

<<the PR ratings are being directly compared to P4's by a reasonably reliable news source.....in addition to being unwise, thats also illegal for AMD to do (i think its illegal at least, something about marketing laws: any lawyers/paralegals wanna back/correct me on that?).>>

Think trademarks and then ponder a snowball's chance in hell that Intel would allow AMD to use its trademarks in their ad campaigns.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: MajinVegeta
Like I was saying SSXeon.

This is why Itanic is so powerful in its native state. But once it have to do a decode for an x86 instruction it curls up and dies, becuse it doesnt need massive decoding units like all current x86 chips.

I hear from some of the senior engineers that Itanium II's do ok in x86 mode. At least far better than the previous generation.

 

[BowlingNut]

Originally posted by: dexvx

Originally posted by: MajinVegeta Like I was saying SSXeon. This is why Itanic is so powerful in its native state. But once it have to do a decode for an x86 instruction it curls up and dies, becuse it doesnt need massive decoding units like all current x86 chips.

I hear from some of the senior engineers that Itanium II's do ok in x86 mode. At least far better than the previous generation.

one would hope so