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AMD doubters persist; Are they right this time?: AMD doubters persist; Are they right this time?Talking Intel/AMD victory...is so subjective. If you look at Intel's desire - to be the only chip maker - AMD is victorious.If you look at solely IPS's then it's a toss up between INT and FP.I sell nothing but AMD. So...; Tags: Processors, Performance management, Penryn, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Clovertown, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-09-14
Beyond AMD's Barcelona hype - the fine print: Theres been hearing a lot of hype lately coming from AMD about Barcelona and its been regurgitated throughout the web. Even though no actual benchmarks were released, some of the following outrageous promises are being made."We expect across a wide variety of workloads for Barcelona to outperform Clovertown by...; Tags: Servers, AMD, Processors, News, Intel, Hardware, Energy efficiency, Desktop; Blog posts 2007-04-25
AMD answers to controversial use of retired benchmarks in China: AMD answers to controversial use of retired benchmarks in ChinaI listened - Berlind was wrongBerlind said, "Forget about the quiet period. The quiet period doesn't matter."Yes it does. If Intel used old benchmarks when there was no reason they could have used more current ones, they were lying. If AMD...; Tags: Processors, SEC, quad-core, Clovertown, IBM Corp., clock speed, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HPC, Intel Corp., John Fruehe; Discussion threads 2007-04-05
AMD Claims Quad-Core "Barcelona" will outperform Intel "Clovertown" by 40%: When AMD launch the Barcelona processors at some point mid 2007, it is claiming that the chips will outperform Intels Clovertown processors by 40%. Bold claims, but will the benchmarks support this claim?Intel is eager to claw back some of the server market share from AMD, and this is...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor; Blog posts 2007-01-26
AMD: Go to 'Barcelona' over 'Clovertown': AMD: Go to 'Barcelona' over 'Clovertown'Please wait for barcelona ! Please !Please don't buy nutt'n till late this year! Stop the upgrades! Barcelona will be 10, 20, 40x! faster than Intel's last year's processor! It's got HypterTransport and many other new blue crystals! It's a true 4 core..truly! Not a...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, 64-bit, Network technology, Branding, Processors, Please Wait, Clovertown, computer, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-01-23

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Beware of flawed CPU efficiency study: Update 2/22/2008 - I originally used the word "rigged" to describe Neal Nelson's study. My reasoning for using the word "rigged" was due to the fact that the test platforms used in Nelson's study painted an inaccurate picture. Nelson's study omitted two generations of Intel products while including...; Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., Neal Nelson, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-15
Apple rolls out new eight-core Mac Pro, Xserve refresh: Apple rolls out new eight-core Mac Pro, Xserve refreshDidn't George Ou write about theseAnd how horribly expensive the Mac Pros were. Oh wait, that was last week with the older models. This is an entirely new line up of not so over priced models.Looks like it may be...; Tags: Processors, Homemade, Apple Inc., MAC Pro, quad-core, processor, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Xserve; Discussion threads 2008-01-08
Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost: Conventional wisdom tells us that a digital content creation and CAD professional had to fork out $6000 to $10,000 dollars for a high-end 8-core dual-processor workstation, but this is Real World IT where I say screw conventional wisdom. I've put on my mad scientist hat again and brewed something up...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Memory, Wisdom, Dual Processor, Intel Corp., Mac Pro, FBDIMM, Series Motherboard, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Workstations, Mice, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Storage, Peripherals, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-03
A comparison of quad-core server CPUs: For anyone looking to buy a workstation or server CPU, quad-core CPUs have become mainstream. Therefore it's important to know what you're getting for the money so I've compiled a chart with general purpose computing performance using the SPEC CPU database with the highest scores as of December 28,...; Tags: Quad-core, Memory Bandwidth, Server, Dual Processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., Chip, TLB, SPECint, SPECfp, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-02
Did AMD Barcelona and Intel Tigerton really 'launch'?: AMD officially launched the "Barcelona" quad-core processor last month in San Francisco, but people are telling me that the systems are nowhere to be seen from any of the major server manufacturers nor is there any time line given for availability. To see if there is any merit to these...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Quad-core, Barcelona, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., November, Appro, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-10-15
AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?: AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?Are you talking "on-Paper" or "In Reality" ?From what I've read, the two are somewhat different.George on SPECjjb2005George says "...like SPECjbb2005 where Intel's lead is even larger than SPECint_rate2006."but later admits:"So far, there are no published SPECjbb2005 scores for any AMD Barcelona processors yet...; Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., quad-core; Discussion threads 2007-09-12
AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?: AMD kicked off the "premier" of their latest microprocessor offering with a launch party at the Herbst International Exhibit Hall Monday night. Partners like VMware, HP, Dell, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and others were on hand or were there by video link to celebrate the launch of AMD's single-die quad-core...; Tags: Processor, Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., SPECint_rate2006, SPECjbb2005, FBDIMM, Scott Wasson, Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-12
Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton: [UPDATE 9/10/2007 - My leaked extrapolated scores below are now officially confirmed on SPEC.org for Integer and Floating Point. Since I only had two significant figures on percentage gain to work off of from the leaked slides, I was off by up to 0.3 which is to be expected. AMD's official Barcelona launch announced newer scores...; Tags: Performance, Barcelona, Slide, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-11
News to know: Barcelona; Building a quad-core PC; Google Apps; AI; Flash drives: Notable headlines: AMD's Barcelona not a savior, yet. George Ou: Will AMD Barcelona kill off high-margin AMD CPUs? Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton. David Berlind: HP releases statement regarding commitment to AMD's quad-core Barcelona. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Apps, PC, Quad-core, Barcelona, Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-10
Will AMD Barcelona kill off high-margin AMD CPUs?: AMD was riding high a year ago dominating sales in the dual-processor Server market and virtually owned the multi-processor (4+) Server market. Then Intel launched the Core Micro-architecture on the desktop and dual-processor Server market and momentum swung from AMD to Intel overnight in both of...; Tags: Processor, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-08
Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton: Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton"This latest picture on integer performance explains why AMD priced...George, when you are in the realm of speculation and dealing with "leaked slides" might I suggest that you steer clear of these black-and-white, declarative sentences that so often get proven wrong ?...; Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Does AMD lead; Discussion threads 2007-09-07
Analysis of Sun's 'Niagara 2' UltraSPARC T2: Sun Microsystems launched their brand new "Niagara 2" UltraSPARC T2 8-core CPU last Tuesday August 7th 2007 as the successor to the UltraSPARC T1 8-core CPU launched in November of 2005. During the launch Sun's executive VP David Yen took a few shots at big iron competitors IBM and Intel...; Tags: T2, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Server, Analysis, Intel Corp., UltraSPARC T2, T2 CPU, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-06
Intel turns up the efficiency and performance heat on AMD: Intel's latest manufacturing refinements to the 65nm Core 2 architecture has produced server CPUs that drop power consumption, boost performance, and include virtualization enhancements. These new refinements called "Stepping G" have also given higher performance and efficiency to Intel's desktop line of Core 2 processors allowing them to overclock past 4 GHz. On...; Tags: Performance, Power Consumption, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-08-14
Intel boosts virtualization with quad-core Xeons: Intel boosts virtualization with quad-core XeonsWhile AMD talks a good...game, Intel simply does it.IF Barcelona ever arrives on the market, I'll be surprised if it is anyways near what AMD is talking. As of late, all AMD can do is talk.At least Intel is giving the customer some tangible...; Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, Servers, Stepping G, Intel Corp., virtualization, X5365, quad-Core Xeon, quad-core; Discussion threads 2007-08-14
Using yesterday to see tomorrow: Using yesterday to see tomorrowNice timing, MurphSo when did T2 come out? Yesterday?Looks impressive.Today, actually..but I have friends ...And yes, performance on the thing is awesome. (and just wait until Rock appears.. with embedded hardware scout.)Benchmark resultsLots of benchmark reports on:http://blogs.sun.com/bmseer/e.g. quoting----These Sun UltraSPARC T2 1.4GHz processor scores beat...; Tags: Processors, Network technology, processor, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-07