Quote Originally Posted by Manicdan View Post
if we imagine that amd right now said BD is put on pause for 5 years, would intel continue to build to 22nm and lower? or just pause and eat some nice profits? and if they did pause, would you say they are late, or just realigned their schedule because outside factors make this the best choice?
So you build an argument from an absurd premises and then use it infer on Intel's action ? Allow me to refuse entering in this logical fallacy.

I work with projects which span over 5-7 years, from the rfq to end of production. Every project has an internal time lime established from the start by the PM and they typically use "gates" ( important ones called milestones ) to measure progress. Everything is referenced to original gate or milestone.

We do not know the original time schedule for BD. We do know however when the company offered the first external schedules ( roadmaps ) for BD. The original roadmap is our reference point.That the project couldn't keep to it from various reasons, is another issues altogether.

Nehalem was late by 2 years ( planned for 2006 ) - it was redone in 2003, Sandy bridge is also late by 2 years - redone in 2007 IIRC, nothing new.

It simply means they aimed too low and had to readjust their goals.

didnt amd get slowed down when intel changed the sse5 specs? (or avx or whatever it was)
They use the original format which is more complex and includes the one Intel adopted.