INTEL SUPPORTS GUERILLA BENCHMARKETING

[9-inch]

It´s not like some source told us this time, an Intel PR rep confirmed the fact here at IDF. As to why Intel chose to let the greedy hands of journalists touch an “unannounced product” for the first time ever, the person had no real answer.

So we make up our own – Intel must be pretty desperate about AMD gaining market shares while Intel made the analysts news with earnings warnings two quarters in a row. So desperate, actually, that the worlds largest chipmaker broke its own rules.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30177

 

[Caboose-1]

It´s not like some source told us this time, an Intel PR rep confirmed the fact here at IDF. As to why Intel chose to let the greedy hands of journalists touch an “unannounced product” for the first time ever, the person had no real answer.

So we make up our own – Intel must be pretty desperate about AMD gaining market shares while Intel made the analysts news with earnings warnings two quarters in a row. So desperate, actually, that the worlds largest chipmaker broke its own rules.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30177 Oh yes the inquirer, thats the most creditable source for information about anything I can think of!

 

[dvdpiddy]

hey if 9-inch says it then its true

 

[ltcommander_data]

Interestingly, that same article also supports the validity of the Conroe benchmarks.

While one may criticize the fact that Intel did that in the first place, the setups really looked comparable judging after what Hexus and Anand reported.

And it also commends Intel's benchmarking disclosure in general.

Mind you that Intel themselves gives out excellent guides to reviewers on how to configure a system and in its own benchmarks coming with review kits always provides exact data on how a competing PC was set up.

People can read whatever they want from most articles.

 

[Action_Man]

Is your caps lock button jammed in or something?

 

[luminaris]

Yeah, they say Intel was acting in desperation. I'd say 9-inch is acting in desperation of making AMD look good.

The thing is, he doesn't realize he makes himself look very much like a fool by posting only what he wants, when the article clearly states the opposite.

Good going 9-inch.

 

[K8MAN]

hey if 9-inch says it then its true

:roll:

 

[RichPLS]

And it´s also like stepping on the back of a beaten enemy with all your weight. AMD not even officially announced a date for the upgraded Athlons with DDR-2 memory controllers, yet it seems certain that in good tradition this will be our for Computex.

The inQuirer would be biased, would they?
They are conducting good legal marketing, and if it holds true, which I suspect reality will be better performing, THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR US ALL!!!
WooHoo, the Intel 955 already matches the performance of a FX-60, yet overclocks to 4.26GHz on air! And with water reach 5+GHz!!!
One of the best overclocking chips eVaR!
Then the Conroe makes perfect sense that it is 20% faster than the 955 using only 2x2.66GHz dual core! Imagine a stock 3.33GHz one like what may be released at launch!! Prediced these will reach 4.5GHz to 5GHz on stock air also.
Think what you will, but it looks like the excitement clearly is back in the CPU industry for a while, and I am glad to see it.

 

[jokersgrin]

RichPLS said: Think what you will, but it looks like the excitement clearly is back in the CPU industry for a while, and I am glad to see it.

Ditto :mrgreen: ... :tongue:

 

[endyen]

Why do you think that intc (Intelstock) has gone from $20.63 on monday to $19.75 @ close today?
It must just be that people who buy stocks are really stupid.

 

[RichPLS]

Let it mature, probably a good time to buy since it will surely climb over the next year.

 

[ltcommander_data]

I'm no stock market expert, but it's not that investors are stupid, they are just looking at different goals probably short term ones. Part of the reason for the stock price drop was the fact that Intel revised their revenue forecast for the first quarter. I believe that the first quarter is traditionally weaker, but in this case Intel has been cutting the prices of its older products like the 8xx series, which cuts into profits while the newer products are still coming on stream. This is especially true for the Core Duo which has taken longer than expected to reach sufficient yields for mass market penetration. Intel broke their own rule by transitioning a manufacturing process and an architecture at the same time. The lower forecast combined with the fact that AMD has once again gained market share drove the stock down.

As well, I'm not sure how well the news of much improved processors has excited the masses. Tech people may be in an uproar over the performance figures, but I'm pretty sure the average person feels that processors are always getting faster regardless anyways. News like Origani ultra-portables are more interesting, but there time to market is still some time away.

The fact that IDF was cut short to three days, and is immediately followed by AMD announcements from CeBit don't help matters either in terms of impression.

 

[doomturkey]

[Why in the hell do so many people quote the inquirer? Honestly, its THE INQUIRER.I really want to know. :?:

 

[AmdMELTDOWN]

I like it when journalist make up their own sh!t.

 

[dvdpiddy]

I like it when journalist make up their own sh!t.

like when intel pays people to praise the p4 even though its s**t!

 

[Ycon]

Why would Intel be desperate to get 1-2% of marketshare?
Doesnt quite make a lot of sense, does it?

 

[9-inch]

Yeah, they say Intel was acting in desperation. I'd say 9-inch is acting in desperation of making AMD look good

And why should I be desperate?

AMD doesn't pay my bills and they don't feed me.
Once again, a great answer from an Intel fanboy that uses an Opteron. 8)