AMD's Bobcat and Bulldozer

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IPC will be higher than previous generation
Single threaded performance will be higher than previous generation

Can you say, "single-threaded integer IPC will be higher than the previous generation" ?

Because that is what Alsup is saying is NOT the case. (integer performance, yes, but integer performance/clock drops slightly in a thread, made up for by a faster clock)

Anything less than that statement could be satisfied through the not-in-dispute FP improvements, or the more cores part. It's got to be: Integer (not FP), IPC (or "performance/clock", not just "performance"), Single-threaded

Something like, "BD will have higher single-threaded integer performance/clock than the previous generation."

That would actually address (and contradict) the statement that Alsup made.