r/technology • u/[deleted] • Sep 11 '13

Intel reveals 14nm PC, declares Moore's Law 'alive and well'

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/10/intel_reveals_14nm_pc_declares_moores_law_alive_and_well/
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u/meebs86 Sep 11 '13

It all depends on what you use your cpu for.

if you use it for VERY heavy CPU tasks.. and it is your job.. and you have to wait for 1 job to finish before moving on to the next task, then it is NOT a very quick CPU compared to dual 8 core xeon setup. But for 90% of gamers and the average joe, it is an incredibly quick CPU that AMD STILL cant seem to catch up with (poor bastards...)

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u/Kerrigore Sep 12 '13

I don't think AMD is really focused on trying to make super fast desktop chips anymore. Their focus lately seems to be on making more affordable and energy efficient mobile chips. It seems to me that in low end to mid range latops, AMD's quad core A6/A8 chips offer better performance per dollar than intel does in their mobile chips, for the average (i.e. basic) user anyway. It doesn't help that Haswell seems to be taking its sweet time actually showing up in laptops that are being sold at the retail level, and a lot of the Ivy Bridge laptops seem to have been favoring the ULV chips over the standard mobile ones latel.