Chris Walters <cjw2004d <at> comcast.net> writes:
> As for the performance tests, they are not generally a very good measure of > how > well a processor will perform in the real world. AMD and Intel have been in > competition for the #1 spot since AMD was formed, and for a long time AMD was > ahead of Intel on a number of factors (performance and cost being two). Give > it some time, and you'll see a turn around, IMHO. I can't be certain, since I > haven't been keeping up with industry news, as I should, but I believe that > AMD > has always had the better engineers. Well stated. Here's a tidbit where Intel is being sued by U of Wisconsin for Patent infringement related to the core 2.... http://www.siliconvalley.com/latestheadlines/ci_8209087 James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
