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"In the end, performance was absolutely terrible. We're beginning to understand why AMD didn't let us test Barcelona last month. It's not that AMD is waiting to surprise Intel; it's that the platform just isn't ready."
"Some expect to see two more revisions, while others expect a single rev after B01. If the next revision of the core yields high enough, AMD may do a "public" release in July at 1.6GHz - 1.8GHz just to get product out there."
"None of the partners we talked to are really impressed with Barcelona."
"Continuing on the worst case scenario track, some partners don't expect to see 2.3 - 2.4GHz until Q2 next year, and based on AMD's simulations the processor doesn't come "alive" until it hits the 2.6GHz mark."
"The biggest story in all of this is that AMD is just not ready yet, the chips are not scaling well, and today it's looking like Intel may eat their lunch this year."
