__/ [ yttrx ] on Friday 29 September 2006 13:55 \__
> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Anyone remember this thread?
>>
>>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/c838745b1733cfbe
>>
>> In particular, my comments here:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c43434994a8ea7e8
>>
>> To which i got responses of derision and "vaporware", now here it is a
>> mere
>> 9 months later and the entire industry has turned upside down. Today,
>> they're asking "What went wrong with AMD?"
>>
>> http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=798
>>
>> People like Peter K, Peter Jensen, Ghost in the Machine, William Poaster,
>> and Sinister Midget just couldn't help themselves. Apparently, if I
>> supported it, it had to be wrong, and couldn't happen.
>>
>> Intel's Core Duo and Core 2 Duo are wiping the walls wtih AMD, and AMD's
>> only response (AM2) has been met with Yawns by the industry. So now
>> they're just going to slap a few more cores together, without addressing
>> their real problems and hope that helps.
>>
>> AMD blew it. Instead of steaming ahead while they had the chance, they
>> sat on their haunches, content to merely slightly one-up each new intel
>> release, and let Intel build up a huge amount of steam to blow past them.
>> The stuff on Intel's roadmap is very impressive, including Ultra Low
>> voltage CPU's for portable devices that consume as little as .5 Watts, A
>> new serial interconnect (similar to AMD's HyperTransport, but
>> significantly faster), and a universal platform that allows multiple
>> architecture CPU's to be plugged (primarily meant to allow Itanium to run
>> on standard motherboards).
>>
>> I won't wait for the appologiies.
>
> Clearly you're drunk and have psychological problems.
>
> Why is it so important for you to be RIGHT on COLA? And who the fuck cares
> anyhow?
It's sad when one's creed of life are /arguments/ in a UseNet forum. Not even
a forum that one has genuine interest in...
Srguing for the sake of arguing. Ho hum.
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