Huh ? My remarks are pretty civil and I refrain my name calling and other stuff. Strictly following the rules compared to what I get.
I must be good in conjecture since somehow, AMD proves me right. But somehow, you are hypocrisy-free when even if my prediction was proven right, you portray it as "negative comments". Is this a denial-of-reality syndrome ?
It isn't negative when later things prove you right, it is being objective. i'm still waiting for your friend, god_43 to answer.
The whole problem started with GF 32nm process. GF and the IBM club use a gate first approach which is more problematic to control than the gate-last approach used by Intel. Gate-last requires more restrictive design rules, but if you can live with that, it is doable as Intel proved and offers similar performance if not better than gate-first.
When AMD designed Bobcat, they targeted the low power stuff, basically using small die CPUs for low power consumption and not cherry-picked mainstream large die ones.
AMD choose TSMC because they have experience with bulk ( ATI ) and it is probably far cheaper than GF ( who's FABs are underutilized ). Low cost and low price as with the intended markets, TSMC was the better option.
Not unexpectedly, GF hit problems with the 32nm stuff. Since now, AMD depended with Llano on an external partner, they decided to transfer engineering resources from Llano ( since it is delayed anyway by the FAB issues ) to speed up the validation of Bobcat. That's why Bobcat was pulled in. Llano is probably more or less ready ( it taped out in Q1 ) , but waiting for the fab to solve its issues.
How are they worst case when I'm proven right by AMD ?!How is it that you only comment on worst possible things about AMD, and even then you only pick worst case scenarios ?
Did Llano get a significant delay ? Yet it did. Check.
Did Bobcat turned quite high power compared to Atom ? Yes it did.
Is AMD lacking any close to 1w solution for smartphones ? Yes they do.
All could very well be true. If you're proven right, you were objective and I was a day dreamer. But if I'm proven right, will you respond in kind ?Based on your thought process i could say, sandy bridge will ship somewhere in march (Q1) , will NOT be overclockable AT ALL (hey, i dont have to point out the K series, im still stating facts) ,and IGP will have performance probably around 3 year old AMD IGP`s (picking 6EU parts) ,and oh it has TERRIBLE software support.Basically the image it would present is that sandy will be late, non oc-able, and performance will be sub par.
Jesus, people, at least try being a little bit objective.BTW, the thread is about bulldozer, not Liano.
AMD lady said it ""Llano will start shipping in the first half or 2011, and products should be available in summer 2011," said Leslie Sobon, vice president of worldwide product marketing at AMD, in an interview with Inside Hardware web-site. "And where did you get this "summer 2011" figure ? Because H1 ends in summer ? christ.
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