AMD Says Barcelona Will Outperform Clovertown

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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40 % faster, after a nap

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

Re:40 % faster, after a nap

[macadamia_harold]

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.