Quote Originally Posted by Formula350 View Post
AMD did it before, with the K7 and then again with the K8, beating Intel with more design thought vs the 'brute force' or 'pure horse power' method. I think P4 is a great example of that. Anyways, I think it is definitely time for AMD to shine again, and will be more impressive (and a good "gotcha!") if they achieve more performance with the smaller die size (OK, not 'die size', but per-core size)
Yeah, there are many signs that Bulldozer will be an impressive chip and they've been working on it for what, half a decade?