Uh, what?
How about you email Rory Read and let us know how your efforts to interact with him that goes.
Only politicos think they get to define how the public interacts with them.
But, back on topic, AMD needs to pick a hard date for release and STICK to it.
Mr. Rory Read
CEO
AMD
One AMD Place
Sunnyvale, CA
Dear Mr. Read:
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
We the members of AnandTech forums have given your company more than enough latitude in the release of your Bulldozer line. Although we are fully cognizant of the fact that in order to trounce your competition in the most popular benchmarks you may need to reach stepping B74, we demand that you release Zambezi immediately and in any case no later than September 19. Should you fail to do so, we will hold our breaths, turn blue, and blame it all on you and your boyfriend Hector Ruiz. Do not take this threat lightly as we have accomplished Photoshop artists on this forum ready to ensure that TechCrunch will receive ample photographic evidence of you two in flagrante delicto.
Govern yourself accordingly.
The AnandTech Gang
Uh, what?
How about you email Rory Read and let us know how your efforts to interact with him that goes.
Only politicos think they get to define how the public interacts with them.
Last I heard Rory Read wasn't a politician.
Mr. Rory Read
CEO
AMD
One AMD Place
Sunnyvale, CA
Dear Mr. Read:
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
We the members of AnandTech forums have given your company more than enough latitude in the release of your Bulldozer line. Although we are fully cognizant of the fact that in order to trounce your competition in the most popular benchmarks you may need to reach stepping B74, we demand that you release Zambezi immediately and in any case no later than September 19. Should you fail to do so, we will hold our breaths, turn blue, and blame it all on you and your boyfriend Hector Ruiz. Do not take this threat lightly as we have accomplished Photoshop artists on this forum ready to ensure that TechCrunch will receive ample photographic evidence of you two in flagrante delicto.
Govern yourself accordingly.
The AnandTech Gang
Your statements are in contradiction to one another.
Rory Read very much gets to define how the public interacts with him, and yet he is not a politician.
I suggest you try rereading what I wrote. They are not contradictory.
This says nothing about non politicos. Non politicians are free to define however they wish how the public interacts with them. Politicians are not because they supposedly work for the public. Do you understand?Only politicos think they get to define how the public interacts with them.
You may want to add.....The AnandTech Gang
I just read JF-AMD's comments comparing IPC to body weight. Yes if you weigh 195 lbs, it does say a lot about whether you are fat or skinny. Because unless you are 4 foot 11, you're going to be on the skinny side. He makes it sound like BD max clock is gonna be 6.5 GHz. I seriously doubt that. So yes IPC matters. I just want to know if it will beat a phenom II clock for clock in typical applications.
I just read JF-AMD's comments comparing IPC to body weight. Yes if you weigh 195 lbs, it does say a lot about whether you are fat or skinny. Because unless you are 4 foot 11, you're going to be on the skinny side. He makes it sound like BD max clock is gonna be 6.5 GHz. I seriously doubt that. So yes IPC matters. I just want to know if it will beat a phenom II clock for clock in typical applications.
I liked John's post on IPC...what makes me shake my head is that it is EXACTLY the same argument that Intel made about the Pentium 4 and Netburst...and we all know how that turned out. :hmm:
If they really are going to go the "high MHz" route then they should drop the obtuse labeling system and just put GHz right in the name of the product and let the "MHz sells" natural purchasing inclinations of many consumers work to their advantage.
i liked john's post on ipc...what makes me shake my head is that it is exactly the same argument that intel made about the pentium 4 and netburst...and we all know how that turned out. :hmm:
If they really are going to go the "high mhz" route then they should drop the obtuse labeling system and just put ghz right in the name of the product and let the "mhz sells" natural purchasing inclinations of many consumers work to their advantage.
I liked John's post on IPC...what makes me shake my head is that it is EXACTLY the same argument that Intel made about the Pentium 4 and Netburst...and we all know how that turned out. :hmm:
If they really are going to go the "high MHz" route then they should drop the obtuse labeling system and just put GHz right in the name of the product and let the "MHz sells" natural purchasing inclinations of many consumers work to their advantage.
"6 cores x 6 GHz!! That is like a 36GHz Processor!"
.. No, I like our current meaningless numbering systems. All the consumer needs to know is that bigger is better. When you expose the average consumer to the technical details in the slightest, you end up with them spouting the above phrase or similar. You also end up with the same problem Intel had. They backed their CPUs down to 2.2 Ghz and had to explain to their customers "No, this 2.2Ghz processor really IS faster than the old 3.4Ghz processor". (not that this was a really big deal to them, though, I have run into a few P4 diehards that are convinced that their 3.4GHz CPU is faster than those new fangled C2D.)
AMD never leaks benches, even when they have an absolute winner (see 4870 line of GPUs). However, it seems clear to me that part of the delay is related to trying to squeeze a little more out of BD. They did the same thing with the 6950/6970 when nvidia dropped the 570 and 580 on them and completely blew them out of the water.