AMD Licenses Z-RAM Technology

ZuperDee writes "It appears AMD has licensed Z-RAM technology from Innovative Silicon for possible use in future processors. According to the article, this could lead to caches about 5 times denser than the SRAM that is normally used right now. C|Net says they will probably make the announcement on Monday."

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[dzafez]

they should gt some of those for their servers :-)

factorial benchmark

[80 85 83 83 89 33]

a very simple perfomance check i love to run on every computer i come across:

put windows calculator in scientific mode (yes, mathmatica or maple will do factorials in a fraction of the time, but try to post windows scores for comparison purposes....)

type in 100,000

hit the n! button

ignore the warnings that it will take a long time, don't even bother clicking on "Continue", because the calculation is still going.

and report how long it takes to complete a factorial of 100,000

please report what CPU you have

(btw, Hyper-Threading might speed things up 2x sometimes)

and i find that the calculator runs faster on win98 than XP...

celeron 800MHz (coppermine): 333 seconds (5min 33sec)

1.4GHz celeron (tualatin) does it in 205 seconds

P4 3.2Ghz and Athlon 3200+ both do it in about 80 seconds....

AMD vs. Intel Brand Comparison

[Navi1010]

I'm not that familiar with AMD - or chips for that matter. However, I'm a huge fan of Paul Graham and his brand of philosophy that glamorizes open source technologies.

I know Slashdot attracts individuals that are very fanatical about open source technology. I'm curious to hear what the open source community thinks of AMD as a company and Intel as a company, and consequently, the culture of each and what brand do they feel like to be the most moral.

What I'm looking for is a heady discussion about the two companies with a focus on the both AMD's and Intel's brand. What makes either company appealing for you? How do they stack up against each other, whose got an advantage and why? Most of all, I want to hear some quality rhetoric in support of either company. Let's see some ill technology prose.

I am so far abstracted from the hardware industry that I would like people more familiar with it to help me sort out the 2 main chip brands and how I should view them.

Re:AMD vs. Intel Brand Comparison

[untellOutside]

I
worked
at Intel and
AMD, so I have
some insights I will
share with you as a parable.
There once was a carpenter who
was looking for work. He was hired
by an unknown company that was headed
by three wise men. Their buildings were excellent
and were sought out by many wealthy people who wanted
miniaturization so they could pass through the eye of a needle.
But one wise man smoked too much and died. The other two grew
old and rich and chose their successor because he was thrifty and very
conservative. More than conservative, he was a penny-pinching arrogant do
nothing. One day, the young carpenter tried to improve things. The penny pincher
wanted no changes, and sent the carpenter on an errand to count all the pennies in
the treasury. If the count was accurate, then changes would be reconsidered. Then the
carpenter realized that the leader was an ignorant tyrant. Before departing for a new life, the
carpenter spoke out against smoking in the workplace. A smear campaign was started to discredit
the progressive youth. A resignation occurred. He started work for a different builder which was
struggling to make similar buildings. A new law of the land was announced : thou shalt not
smoke in the workplace. The people rejoiced. The carpenter worked to build better
crosses than had ever been made by his first employer. But the demand for
crosses was declining rapidly, following a tragic workplace accident in
which a 33 year old carpenter was impaled upon a workpiece which
he was modeling. A great poverty swept the valley and the project
was cancelled. But the company was lead by a magician
who pulled bacon out of fire, being able to feed
a multitude of hungry carpenters, even
through the hardtimes. In the end
this little company thrived and
paid back its investors who
had patiently waited in
the wings of angels.
They then passed
through a tiny
needle into a
vast green
heaven.

Hello, another rambus by AMD?

[darmey]

Once again I'm getting more and more convinced that Intel and AMD have just switched places. You know, like that tale about the slayer of the dragon becoming dragon himself an so on?