AMD: Banish The Hype, Barcelona's Here

Allow me to draw your attention to my post-intro event technical analysis of AMD’s finally-unveiled quad-core Opteron microprocessor, written very late last night (and very early this morning) and now live on EDN’s website. It’s a followup to my earlier writeup posted last Thursday. As usual, I’ve not resisted the urge to take controversial stances; your feedback is as always welcome either here or there.

To prove to you that I really was at LucasFilms’ Letterman Digital Arts Center Premier Theater in the Presidio last night, I snapped a few photos as evidence. Click on a picture for a full-res version.

Chewie and a fan

Darth, two Stormtroopers, and my shuttle bus seatmate

My souvenir of the festivities

AMD’s take on the event

The launch spiel liberally relied on partners’ and customers’ testimonials

Another take on the AMD-vs-AMD performance…

…and AMD-vs-Intel performance-per-watt positioning