Re: Hammer

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith <b j smith ieee org>]

jason.brashear@amd.com wrote:
> I dont think it is going to be 2ghz...

???  I thought that is percisely what AMD said at Microprocessor
Forum.

The Hammer is just the Athlon core, only extended to 64-bits on
various registers, and some additional ones.  It's still 9-issue,
albeit a deeper pipeline.  Hammer will be close to the GHz speed of
Athlon when it is released.

The first Hammer release is not going to be like Intel's first IA-64
release with the lack-luster Itanium.  You won't be hearing AMD
going "wait for ('McKinley'-equivalent)."  Hammer is the logical
successor to the Athlon, just like the Athlon was to the K6 --
unlike Itanium which still doens't replace the P4 (nor does the P4
really replace the P3 in performance for that matter ;-).

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