Intel keeps up the unethical SDP scam with “new” 4.5W parts [S|A]

[sushiwarrior]

Very Interesting interpretation you have there, of what is essentially anti-Intel forum spamming.

He posts articles when there is news. There's almost always a reason for his posts, a new article or piece of news that is relevant, what is wrong with making a thread each time there is a significant piece of news? Go engage in your own "anti-AMD forum spamming" if you want, as long as it is credible like galegos. He follows every rule the same as any other poster, he just happens to be a hardcore AMD fanboy and post often (yet almost always with reason).

Frankly, your thread crapping and insulting other users worries me more than anything galego does.

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So, can we mostly agree that as long as Intel sold the processor as an 11W processor which also has a 4.5W low power mode or something, that would be alright? I'm not sure how Intel should market their SDP, I just know this isn't the right way IMO.

 

[galego]

The unethical problem I see about SDP is that Intel essentially said "this is the same as a TDP". You see tons of websites reporting about it like it is a TDP. If I took my "5w 7990 CIDP" and put that in place of where TDP goes on my chart with a little asterisk, then I'm not really doing anything different than Intel, am I? SDP can be exceeded, TDP cannot be exceeded. So why is SDP put where a TDP should be. They are completely different things, and one cannot be a replacement for the other. If Intel wants to advertise 4.5W, they should permanently cap the chip at 800mhz.

I do. Honesty matters. And it's been pretty obvious to me from the start of this SDP business that its primary intention is to make these chips seem like they use less power than they really do.

I agree entirely. Others share a similar opinion:

That doesn't mean it's okay to allow manufacturers the opportunity to use that 7W figure to suggest their devices have longer battery life than they actually do.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3856050/intel-candid-explains-misleading-7w-ivy-bridge-marketing

 

[Aikouka]

I don't think he's trolling by saying that Streamroller will be the next coming of jesus, that's his opinion and he is entitled to it.

I don't come to the technical sub-forums to read someone's opinion that was made without any worthwhile supporting evidence. Galego gets a bunch of crap because he tends to make unsupported statements or cherry picks comments while ignoring anything contra (temporal issues, opposing arguments, etc.), which is rather awkward when he now complains about Intel supposedly doing the same thing.

...and so I stay on topic...

You see tons of websites reporting about it like it is a TDP.

How are ignorant tech journalists Intel's fault? You make it sound like SDP hasn't been around since Ivy Bridge.

TDP cannot be exceeded.

Pretty sure overclockers beg to differ.

 

[PPB]

How are ignorant tech journalists Intel's fault? You make it sound like SDP hasn't been around since Ivy Bridge.



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And still we dont really know what program it involves or what it is exactly. So yeah, if Tech sites dont know what actually SDP involves nor the consumer, don't you think it is the responsibility of the inventor of the term to explain what it actually is?

 

[sushiwarrior]

How are ignorant tech journalists Intel's fault? You make it sound like SDP hasn't been around since Ivy Bridge.

If tech journalists are confusing SDP and TDP, then just imagine what consumers would think.

Why don't I make a car, give it a 200hp Ford V4 or whatever, which normally has an EPA rating of 30mpg, but then say that mine has 40empg - economy mpg, place that figure right next to the normal mpg, and then advertise the empg in big numbers and just leave the EPA mpg in tiny print. Would you blame customers for thinking that their 40empg are extremely similar to EPA rated mpg? Would you not call that absolutely unethical and extremely misleading advertising from my company?

Pretty sure overclockers beg to differ.

TDP cannot be exceeded at stock clocks by definition - cue some people posting those figures about Bulldozer/Vishera.

 

[Markfw]

This thread was started by a troll to stir up trouble, and he has done that, but enough...

Bye galego