Win2kpatcher said:How is that possible though? I guess what I'm asking is where is AMD pulling that comparison figure when a Intel Pentium 4 4GHZ chip does not exsist? I haven't looked in a while but maybe they have one.
Maybe they're beatin Intel to the punch. Maybe theyre sayin hey look we have something FASTER now, not just equivilant. A small projection on AMD's part sayin that Intel will keep the same longer pipeline scheme and when they DO produce a 4 Ghz ours will be the equivilant. What I want to know is when they produce the original chip do they know how to get to these different speeds? Like is there some technology or gradual process that lets them slowly release chips with speed upgrades, the p4 was introed at like 1.7ghz or somethin, and now they have 3.4 and more? What changed that allowed them to make them so much better? (if it is a business strategy which im guessing it mostly is then I totally understand). So say I was the govt or somethin- I say "look, we know youre selling them to the public at 2 ghz but we want the 4 ghz now", or what stops them from making them that fast right away?