AMD to start Bulldozer AM3+ production by March 2011, launch in April 2011

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Your biggest problem will be the fud slung from the 'opposite' side. There are some so called experts on this forum, who struggle with the core/module type thing. I fully expect that to be exploited by the other camp.

Exactly. However I think it's pretty clear that the other camp is already trying to exploit it. A handful of well placed shills can have a pretty big affect.

It's a nice elegant solution to having extra cores with less die space, however intel on a smaller node will be able to compete core for core at some point, without the performance tradeoff.

The only question is can you keep the 'core' lead.

Which tradeoff? I think it's the other way around, intel is trying to pseudo mock a dual core with dual threads. I see the tradeoff being slightly increasing performance while reducing die space.

I'm not sure what the tradeoff of replacing 2 full cores with 2 full but faster cores would be. There is no evidence whatsoever to point to and say a SB die size is a good tradeoff over an Interlagos, Valencia or Zambezi die size.

wrong policy. I'm quite sure Intel already has bulldozer chips and is aware of its performance level.

So nondisclosure bulldozer info doesn't help AMD

Your company needs brief zambezi testing, which can show strong sides of new cpu

There is the Osbourne Affect, however I wonder how big that really is. CPU's are dirt cheap anyway.