Conroe Performance Preview Follow-Up @ AnandTech

Vikingod · Mar 9, 2006, 01:54 PM

At Fall IDF 2005 Intel briefly mentioned to us that we might be able to benchmark Conroe at this year’s Spring IDF. We took the comment very light heartedly and honestly didn’t expect good ol’ conservative Intel to let us benchmark and preview a platform a several months before its release. We didn’t believe that Intel was going to let us do it, once again because of their very conservative history, even as we were walking to our Conroe performance meeting. Even after we ran the benchmarks we expected there to be a catch or something, but no, it looked like Intel had done the unimaginable. Not only had they officially sanctioned the benchmarking of Conroe but they let us publish the numbers.

Obviously we were skeptical going into the meeting, after all Intel had never been this open in the past. But looking back at recent history, AMD’s competitive pressure has forced Intel’s hands to disclose more information than they ever have before. There was a time where Intel was extremely tight lipped about all future plans and where they would never admit to not being the leader in performance; the Athlon 64 chiseled away at Intel’s confidence and truly humbled a giant. The result was a very different Intel, a more open Intel. This new Intel is very eager to talk about the future, mainly because the future doesn’t include the Pentium 4 but rather its new Core architecture.
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Mar 9, 2006, 01:54 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Conroe Performance Preview Follow-Up @ AnandTech At Fall IDF 2005 Intel briefly mentioned to us that we might be able to benchmark Conroe at this year’s Spring IDF. We took the comment very light heartedly and honestly didn’t expect good ol’ conservative Intel to let us benchmark and preview a platform a several months before its release. We didn’t believe that Intel was going to let us do it, once again because of their very conservative history, even as we were walking to our Conroe performance meeting. Even after we ran the benchmarks we expected there to be a catch or something, but no, it looked like Intel had done the unimaginable. Not only had they officially sanctioned the benchmarking of Conroe but they let us publish the numbers. Obviously we were skeptical going into the meeting, after all Intel had never been this open in the past. But looking back at recent history, AMD’s competitive pressure has forced Intel’s hands to disclose more information than they ever have before. There was a time where Intel was extremely tight lipped about all future plans and where they would never admit to not being the leader in performance; the Athlon 64 chiseled away at Intel’s confidence and truly humbled a giant. The result was a very different Intel, a more open Intel. This new Intel is very eager to talk about the future, mainly because the future doesn’t include the Pentium 4 but rather its new Core architecture. ___________ Read More / Source: AnandTech