Re: AMD Phenom L3 cache bug explained

On Dec 7, 6:05 pm, Yousuf Khan <bbb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
> It's resulted in a huge expansion of the PC market. It's grown to levels
> never seen before. Typically there's 100 million PCs sold in a year,
> this year it may hit 200 million. So the effect is exactly what's
> needed, PC's are becoming more affordable. I've never seen laptops as
> cheap as they are nowadays.
>
Just like my life is better because I can't go anywhere without
listening to somone else's cell phone conversation.  Every idiot's got
one.  The conversation is in greater volume and emptier than ever,
only now I have to listen to it.

I can pretty easily make a credible model that will show you that if
you pay a little bit higher prices now, and the higher price goes into
R&D, you will get higher net performance at lower cash outlay over the
long haul.  I don't know who thinks the world is made a better place
by selling lots of cheap PC's, but I don't belong to the club.  I
don't know why I didn't say that to the low-price AMD boosters long
ago and drop the subject forever.  I'd be just as happy to see Intel
and IBM charging higher prices.

Robert.