It sure looks like Intel is playing follow the leader when it comes to AMD. They are admitting it in a real show of humility without any corporate bluster. They rushed the chip out the door in 9 months with shows that their people can really work fast. Too bad it looks like the chip was flawed and inefficient. There wasn't too much corporate double speak in this statement by Jonathan Douglas, a principal engineer in Intel's Digital Enterprise Group:
One reason for Intel's aggressive schedule for developing Smithfield was the company's need to respond to AMD's actions, Douglas said, without mentioning AMD by name. "We needed a competitive response. We were behind," he said.
Despite the rush, Smithfield was good enough to get Intel into the dual-core era, Krewell said. "It's not an optimal solution, but it's a viable solution. It works, and it works reasonably well," he said.
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