Re: [Rumor] AMD's 45nm 'Deneb' core to launch at 4.4GHz?

My thinking is AMD does have a heavy hitter on its way. If you think about it, Intel could release a 4ghz chip with a little tweaking. It's not a rarity for people to hit 4ghz on some of the intel chips they have now. So if AMD wanted to be competitive, a CPU around 4ghz makes since.

AMD also has a tradition of Changing CEO's before a new major launch. Remember A64? It wasn't long after they changed CEO's that it got released. And then there is AMD tight lipping it after they promised over a year ago to be more forth coming with news. They are being quite not because they have no news( in this case you just blow smoke up investors @$$) but because they have huge news. News I think could change intels stratagies.

I think that CPUZ screen shot is crap. But I do think AMD will wow us within the next year. It's not like all of AMD's engineers have been sitting on their hands for the past couple of years. Scientific geeks take great pride in their work. Trust me they've been working hard.

All that aside, you can't tell me that there isn't an uneasy vibe coming from intel these past couple of months.