August 27, 2002
Chip Maker Takes Issue With a Test for Speed
Chip Maker Takes Issue With a Test for Speed
The controversy escalated this month when Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 maker of microprocessor chips, accused an industry consortium of altering a standard performance test to favor A.M.D.'s chief rival, the Intel Corporation. Comparisons of the performance of microprocessors have been controversial for decades, with critics arguing that it is possible to affect an outcome by changing the software used to measure performance, or simply altering what is being measured.
Posted by rshah at August 27, 2002 12:00 PM