On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 09:39 -0500, Steve Brueckner wrote: > Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > On 12/12/05, Gilboa Davara <gilboada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 14:23 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > >>> > >>> I am also an AMD man and from what I have read, AMD is not producing > >>> more cutting edge and top line processors than Intel. > >>> > >> > >> Your own link seem to suggest that Intel is behind the performance > >> curve. > > > > I believe there's a typo causing some misunderstanding here. I > > believe Robin meant to say, "AMD is now producing more cutting edge > > and top line processors than Intel." > > > > -- > > Chris > > > > "I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford. I > > trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot." > > I'd love to buy an AMD for the performance, but they appear to be lagging by > at least half a year on virtualization support. Intel's VT-enabled chips > are due out in the next couple of months, while AMD's Pacifica-enabled chips > aren't due out until late 2006. > You sure? As far as I remember Intel's VT is scheduled to release in Q1/2006. AMD's Pacifica is scheduled to be release in H1/2006 (Q1?) on for both Opteron (Socket F) and the Athlon64 (Socket M2 / Windsor). Did AMD's schedule change? Gilboa
