Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: js1138

Although EM64T is pretty much the same as the AMD 64 bit stuff, the other part of your comment is false. Core Duo is not in any way a copy of AMD architecture. Intel got sidetracked going after MHz/GHz for a while. Core Duo is based on (with enhancements) the older Intel Pentium III architecture, not AMD's architecture.


67 posted on 07/17/2006 9:20:55 PM PDT by Some hope remaining.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies ]


To: Some hope remaining.
Core Duo is based on (with enhancements) the older Intel Pentium III architecture, not AMD's architecture.

True. Intel, for example, does not put the memory controller on the CU die. I did not mean to imply that Intel stole or reverse engineered AMD's internal workings; I just meant they adopted AMD's philosophy.

There are advantages and disadvantages to Intel's memory approach. Intel can take advantage of improvements in memory technology without redesigning the CPU, but The AMD Opteron can have an independent bank of memory for each physical CPU. There are already servers on the market with 16 Opteron CPUs. Intel will eventually have to adopt this architecture as well, in the server market.

68 posted on 07/18/2006 6:14:38 AM PDT by js1138 (Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson