Comments for: AMD says Barcelona will start shipping in August

#2. Posted at 10:21 AM on Jun 29th 2007

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Furen

Hell, 2.0GHz will be tight compared to 3GHz K8s, too, on a core for core basis. Power consumption and multithreaded performance will be quite a bit better, of course, but the low clocks make the appearance of an "enthusiast" part soon after the Sept 10 launch a remote possibility.

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#9. Posted at 01:58 PM on Jun 29th 2007

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slaimus

Better to get the chips out than to wait until it is too late.

It is kind of funny that IBM is now winning the MHz war, whereas a few years ago they were struggling to get 2.0Ghz.

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#7. Posted at 11:35 AM on Jun 29th 2007

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Deli

at least we will know how much more IPC it has. Let's hope for some good OCs.

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#3. Posted at 10:23 AM on Jun 29th 2007

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Peffse

I'll believe it when I see it

#1. Posted at 09:42 AM on Jun 29th 2007

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melvz90

come on let's see the actual chips...