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AMD Says Barcelona Will Outperform Clovertown

Posted by kdawson on from the horse-race dept.

Dysfnctnl85 points out a ZDNet Blog posting in which AMD claims that its upcoming quad-core "Barcelona" chipset should be 40% faster than "Clovertown," Intel's quad-core Xeon 5300 line. AMD says that the introduction of Barcelona marks a shift in their strategy from emphasizing price to performance. The post goes on: "Intel is eager to claw back some of the server market share from AMD, and this is where Clovertown comes in... The Xeon 5300 line will represent excellent value for money since Intel plans on pricing them the same as its dual core Xeon 5100 processors. That could make things tough for AMD."

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  1. 40 % faster, after a nap by Original+Replica · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone know that in Barcelona they take Ciesta. So don't plan on using you computer between noon and 1.

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    1. Re:40 % faster, after a nap by macadamia_harold · · Score: 5, Funny

      Everyone know that in Barcelona they take Ciesta. So don't plan on using you computer between noon and 1.

      Yeah, but if it's 40% faster, an hour-long siesta should only 35 minutes.

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  2. Re:Linux on quad-core by be-fan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux is a preemptible kernel.

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  3. Obvious by Mazin07 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jeez, of course AMD's right. Take a look:

    Population of Barcelona: 1,673,075
    Population of Clovertown: 5601 (or less)

    Barcelona is vastly superior.

  4. Marketing speak by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Intel's quad-core Xeon 5300 line. AMD says that the introduction of Barcelona marks a shift in their strategy from emphasizing price to performance

    The way they spun it, you can also claim they changed their strategy from slow to expensive.