Quote Originally Posted by bowman View Post

To say that Intel's official roadmap and product plans are FUD would definitely be stretching it.
Well I'd like to see that official roadmap and transition timeframes from Core to Nehalem architecture, wit appropriate segmentation percentage...

Point is - this CPU that Anand tested is "Extreme" version of Nehalem, intended for (again) BMW M3 market segment.

I'm aware that more Nehalems are in pipeline, but according to this unofficial roadmap: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2.../kaigai01l.gif they all are planed for H2 2K9 (most probably for holiday’s season), and they'll be penetrating market step-by-step, and not by cutting off current lineup.

In that sense AMD's own K10 isn't intended for competing with Nehalem but with Conroe gen. derivates. Currently AMD can wrestle with Intel’s offering in Low-to-Mid end markets, and as long is Nehalem out of that market segment (and somehow I don’t see that Intel can make more money on much bigger Havendale then on Celeron/Pentium+chipset combo) AMD has enough maneuvering space, and it is not in cut-throat grapple of Nehalem, as some people including the Anand are trying to convince us.