Actually reading what I could find of Carrizo, it looks pretty good. It has the power savings needed to compete with current Intel in the sub 15W market. And for those that still spout IPC, as a few users mentioned, at that level IPC isn't a big issue unless you are doing CPU intensive tasks, most don't. There is a great deal of hope with this release. I just want to see some hands on to see what the real world performance and power use is.
It could be the best chip ever.
But will it translate into a great range of quality products people can actually buy off the shelf with comparable features and prices to the good Intel based stuff?
This is the reality gap right here -
An AMD chip sitting in a fab -------and we have to get to--------> Quality AMD laptop in Bestbuy outperforming and outselling the Intel alternative.
What will be more likely is -
An AMD chip sitting in a fab ------> Thousands of AMD chips sitting in storage ------> Nasty ultra cheap plastic laptop with 1366x768 screens and 500GB 5400rpm HDDs tucked away in a clearance corner.
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