Dell Speaks on AMD’s Quad-Core Opteron Performance

jmke · 6th September 2007, 15:41

Following a massive scandal that was caused by “simulated benchmarks” of Advanced Micro Devices quad-core microprocessors, Michael Dell, the founder and chief executive of Dell, the world’s second biggest supplier of personal computers (PCs), said that AMD’s code-named Barcelona chip does have potential and can be considerably faster its rival from Intel Corp.

“If you look at floating point instructions, Barcelona is about 30% faster than Clovertown. However, if you look at integer instructions, Clovertown is about 30% faster than Barcelona,” said Michael Dell

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...905210954.html

6th September 2007, 15:52

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6th September 2007, 15:41	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,024	Dell Speaks on AMD’s Quad-Core Opteron Performance Following a massive scandal that was caused by “simulated benchmarks” of Advanced Micro Devices quad-core microprocessors, Michael Dell, the founder and chief executive of Dell, the world’s second biggest supplier of personal computers (PCs), said that AMD’s code-named Barcelona chip does have potential and can be considerably faster its rival from Intel Corp. “If you look at floating point instructions, Barcelona is about 30% faster than Clovertown. However, if you look at integer instructions, Clovertown is about 30% faster than Barcelona,” said Michael Dell http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...905210954.html __________________

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