"In the most important benchmarks of performance (Integer and Floating Point), 2 to 3x. Now everything isn't going to run 2 to 3x, you know the disks aren't 2 to 3x faster, etc.... But in the most important benchmarks, 2 to 3x."
Instead of doing the research for this post, you instead have posted hearsay trying to get the whole group up in arms over a story based on half-truths. Did you even watch the keynote? What is "muddy" about what he said? Next time, before you post this bait, at least have your story complete so you know where you stand when trying to defend it.
Not only were they 100% accurate, he also qualified them. Had/. members actually watched the keynote, which, BTW, is available on their website, he indicated that those were benchmarks on the processor and wouldn't necessarily in fact "double the computers speed."
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Keynote address, 1:08:32, quoting:
"In the most important benchmarks of performance (Integer and Floating Point), 2 to 3x. Now everything isn't going to run 2 to 3x, you know the disks aren't 2 to 3x faster, etc.... But in the most important benchmarks, 2 to 3x."
Instead of doing the research for this post, you instead have posted hearsay trying to get the whole group up in arms over a story based on half-truths. Did you even watch the keynote? What is "muddy" about what he said? Next time, before you post this bait, at least have your story complete so you know where you stand when trying to defend it.
Not only were they 100% accurate, he also qualified them. Had /. members actually watched the keynote, which, BTW, is available on their website, he indicated that those were benchmarks on the processor and wouldn't necessarily in fact "double the computers speed."
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