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2CPU.com » News » October 2007 » Intel Skeptic About AMD’s Plans to Release CPU with Three Cores
Intel Skeptic About AMD’s Plans to Release CPU with Three Cores
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 10/13/2007 01:31 AM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ]
The core wars are coming, again. This time around AMD is in position of not a Dual attack, but Triple. Last month, AMD announced Phenom X3. A processor with three cores and 2MB L3 cache for the consumer. However, Intel's CTO, Justin Rattner begs to differ;
Anton Shilov of Xbitlabs has the scoop here.
| “So, yes, AMD has a four-core product. I’m sure when they looked at their yield losses, they said, ‘Wow, we can offer a three-core version of this if one of those cores are dead or slow or whatever it turns out to be’,” said Mr. Rattner. |
Anton Shilov of Xbitlabs has the scoop here.
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aryan SMP Junkie Posts: 761 Joined: 2000-03-04 |
#39758 Posted on: 10/13/2007 11:06 AM
triple core gaming rigs are perfect for the multiplatform ( Xbox360/PC ) games that are being released right now. Intel has no answer as they have dual dualcore on 2 separate dies. A triplecore barcelon would gamingwise be maximum back-for-the-buck. No way AMD can go wrong there, its Intel that per usual isn't being innovative enough. But then again; they're not the ones in the corner. KFN5D dual 2352@2485, 4x2Gb, 2x1Gb, 2x512Mb Kingston ECC DDR2 2xGTX260c216 SLI, EN7600GS, Ageia PhysX 100 [URL="http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=275136"]This OCL is for real[/URL] [URL="http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=592269"]This one too[/URL] |
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locovaca That's what she said Posts: 176 Joined: 2001-07-17 |
#39759 Posted on: 10/13/2007 11:59 AM
Of course Intel is mad because of NIH syndrome. They've probably been tossing all of their quads that didn't make the cut instead of using them as an alternative revenue source. |
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tfp Embedded C Lackey Posts: 340 Joined: 2002-09-22 |
#39763 Posted on: 10/15/2007 04:16 AM
Originally posted by locovaca:
Probably not because they take 2 dual core chips and glue them together... There would probably NEVER throw out a Quad because they have already taken two good dual core chips to use for the Quad in the first place. Writing the code that breaks your hardware... |
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domboy Registered User Posts: 131 Joined: 2001-01-03 |
#39765 Posted on: 10/15/2007 02:26 PM
It does sound like Intel is just trying to downplay AMD. So what if it's a clever way to increase yields? Smart move by AMD, I'd say. Besides, it's not like Intel doesn't have their own tricks to increase yields. And I guess to down play a third core makes sense for Intel, since they can't easily put together a three-core product themselves (if I understand the architecture correctly), to compete for whatever market space this X3 cpu might have. The computer gods decided my signature was to long... so they reset it. |
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tfp Embedded C Lackey Posts: 340 Joined: 2002-09-22 |
#39773 Posted on: 10/18/2007 12:27 AM
Originally posted by domboy:
Really with this weeks earnings report Intel doesn't need to. Just price the Quads low enough or with a good enough range that there is no room for the X3 CPUs between the dual and quad core CPUs they are shipping. Writing the code that breaks your hardware... |