Re: AMD planning 45nm 12-Core 'Istanbul' Processor ?

> They'd better don't screw up on this one - they already used up all
> the margin of error they had, and then some.  But then, it's not the
> first time AMD is on the brink of extinction, and they always came
> back even stronger than anyone, including but not limited to INTC,
> could expect.  K7 in 1999, K8 in 2003 - both times Intel got their ass
> whipped big time for a couple years straight... Why not this time
> again?  Wish them luck - without AMD the whole CPU world would be
> boring and damn expensive.
>
> NNN

Let's hope they can pull it off. I'm still waiting for a dual core from
them 
that actually signifigantly ouperforms my S939 Opteron 185 2Mb unit at 
3.2Ghz. The performance increases I've seen from my A8N-E system versus
the 
one I just built for my son, with an X2 5600+ 2Mb unit clocked at 3.2 Ghz 
are solely due to the newer chipset and DDR2 clockings. I'm looking at 
upgrading my system in the next few months, and I don't see a Phenom or an

X2 6400+ in my future, unfortunately. I swore by the PIII Coppermine and 
Tualatin line, but then Intel went to the Willamette then  Northwood P4's.

That's when I started with Bartons, A64's and Opterons. The Intel lineup 
can't be beat right now, it's been leaps and bounds ahead of AMD for the 
last couple of years. Intel needs real competition, and not just in the 
bottom feeder lineup. My T7600 4Mb L2 Core2Duo runs circles around both of

my 3.2Ghz AMD units.