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04-12-2007, 02:54 PM
This is from 2 days ago, but I haven't seen it posted yet so.. :
http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/167-inside-amd-performance-lab/
While we were out visiting AMD, they gave us the opportunity to enter their Performance Testing Lab, an area guarded by dual steel doors that seemingly required both a key and special knocking code in order to enter.
Once inside and sure that our lives were safe, we spoke with Mark Welker about how AMD tests their chip technologies across different platforms, software, and games.
He talks to us about benchmarks, what they mean in the real world, and how they can be gamed to show what you want them to show.
Even better, Mark gives out his corporate email address and offers to send the performance testing scripts to anyone who asks so that people at home can do it themselves.
Just drop him an email at mark.welker@amd.com and tell him Gear Live sent you. Check the video for the full scoop.
(Note: I haven't seen it yet, At 293M it's a little too rough to my 512KB, So can't really tell you what to expect).
http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/167-inside-amd-performance-lab/
While we were out visiting AMD, they gave us the opportunity to enter their Performance Testing Lab, an area guarded by dual steel doors that seemingly required both a key and special knocking code in order to enter.
Once inside and sure that our lives were safe, we spoke with Mark Welker about how AMD tests their chip technologies across different platforms, software, and games.
He talks to us about benchmarks, what they mean in the real world, and how they can be gamed to show what you want them to show.
Even better, Mark gives out his corporate email address and offers to send the performance testing scripts to anyone who asks so that people at home can do it themselves.
Just drop him an email at mark.welker@amd.com and tell him Gear Live sent you. Check the video for the full scoop.
(Note: I haven't seen it yet, At 293M it's a little too rough to my 512KB, So can't really tell you what to expect).