AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer On Ubuntu Linux

[PsynoKhi0]

Intel hasn't proven itself capable of doing that in the absence of proper competition.

That applies to any company, really.

[Kano]

@admiraljkb

if intel wanted to sell an 8 core desktop cpu they would have done that. i7-39xx cpus are internally 8 cores with only 6 enabled. the new xeon single socket series will feature 8 cores at lower clockspeed. i dont think that amd has got a superior strategy in the long run, amd is just currently faster with some bulldozer server (opteron) benchmarks until intel will get the new xeons ready.

the main reason why the fastest intel desktop cpu does not use 8 cores is that turbo boost will work much better when more cores are idle so that the max tdp is not maxed out already at a lower clock speed. that means with fewer cores the cpu can run longer with higher turbo modes. with a shrinked layout that problem could be fixed most likely but will take a while. often amd has got production problems with its chips, at least more than intel when they want to shrink em. the splitted foundary is not even able to build trinity and gfx chips so tsmc needs to build those.