[Pc_Support] Re: I told you so..

[Bryan J. Smith]

Bill Smith <hbcs at sonic.net> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> This is likely old news to you, but ran across this
> article.  You have been predicting this for some time. 
> Kudos to you!
> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050812/D8BU2UI00.html

Well, I'm waiting on more technical details.  I.e., Let's see
if it's the "Yamhill2" I have been predicting.

If it's Intel's first x86[-64] redesign since Pentium Pro
(i686) of 1994, then that's good news for Intel.  I have
predicted the EM64T design team codenamed as "Yamhill" was up
to more than simple some extensions for Pentium 4, and that
would take 36+ months like a traditional, full design.

If os, I believe they have the first, full redesign since
Pentium Pro.  The P4 was just a 18-month "hack" known as
"NetBurst" architecture market-wise, "extend the pipes and
clock" reality-wise, with most performance gains coming from
the 2nd, "lossy" SSE pipe.

But don't think AMD is just lying down either.  Their 1999
Athlon core might be only 6 years old, but that's the typical
lifespan before a redesign.  With AMD's purposely limiting
the Athlon (including A64/Opteron, which use the same, 40-bit
core) to only 1MB L2 -- even though the EV6 logic they are
based on supports upto 8MB L2 -- is a sure sign that they
have a full redesign in the work too.


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