AMD sounds like that Iraqi General

Do you guys remember that Iraqi general: http://www.rightwinged.com/images/photoshops/mushroomcloud.jpg

This is what AMD reminds me of. Nehalem will bury K10 deep into the ground. In fact Nehalem's projected performance numbers under a server environment seem to indicate a 1 to 2 generational quantum leap in performance (server and professional performance doesn't grow by the amounts we've seen on the desktop).

http://www.computerbase.de/news/hardware/prozessoren/intel/2008/februar/intel_nehalem_performance/

If I were AMD I would be honest and admit that Nehalem is the real thing and talk about addressing the performance deficit rather then ignoring it.

Unfortunately for Randy Allen..

.. it's not good when your competitor not only catches up but exceeds you.

Anyone who expects or predicts that QPI will be worse than or not as good as HyperTransport is an AMD zealot. It's perfectly reasonable to conclude that QPI will be at the very least an equal to HyperTransport. Couple that with Intel's superior CPU performance and you have a recipe for not just catching up to AMD in the multi-socket server segment, but exceeding it.

I like AMD but...

I'll buy another processor of theirs when it's faster than an Intel cpu. The latest round (Phenom) is particularly pathetic. Please AMD, release another good chip! We need a pair of excellent CPU companies to keep prices in line.