There absolutely was. Intel got smacked on the wrist for doing their benchmarks using ICC… you know, the compiler that builds code that detects that it’s not running on an Intel CPU and disables all optimisations and extended instruction sets (like say MMX/SSE).
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mindlight@lemm.ee 9 months agoI’m not going to say you’re wrong but I’m surprised. It’s like we lived in alternate universes.
Not that I think Intel wouldn’t cheat, because they’ve showed what they’re “capable of” time after time, but what I remember about Athlon vs P4 was that there was something about heat and wattage specified by AMD that was criticized heavily. Athlon was also not something you’d choose for overclock because of this.
I just googled a little and there didn’t seem to be a trace of any controversy around P4 and tailormade compiler.
Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip 9 months ago
mindlight@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Let me repeat myself: I’m not defending Intel in any way. I’ve seen a lot of shit and murky business practices going down since the beginning of the 90’s when I started my career in IT, so I have no trouble believing that Intel did it again and again.
However, it’s not that hard to back claims you make with facts when on the internet. Normally ou can link whatever with two clicks maximum.
Still no one seems to want to help me read up on Pentium 4 and Intel cheating.
The ICC “optimization”, as far as I remember it, was related to the Xeon line of processors. If it was P4 related, please link so that I can read up on it.
[General Rant and not about you]I really don’t understand why it’s so hard for people to post links that back their claims. If you post a link you give people the opportunity to learn. If you don’t, it’s like you just want to be right and nothing else.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
it’s not that hard to back claims you make with facts when on the internet.
False, when it’s 30 years or more back, it absolutely is, even things I remember from just 20 years ago can be hard to find. Sometimes it disappears other times it’s drowned out by similar stories that are newer.
You are completely delusional about the efficiency of search engines.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh AMD was definitely a cooking stove, but get a decent heat sink and paste and you are good to go.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh boy the Tom’s Hardware “scandal”. That story was 100% planted by Intel. It was before Athlon though, it was the K6. If the cooler dropped off, the AMD thermal safety didn’t react quickly enough. In my 40 years in IT I have NEVER heard about a cooler falling off the socket even once, except for that paid for cesspool of shit article.
That story together with the 180° they did on RAMBUS to fgavor P¤ have made me NEVER use TOM’s Hardware since. It was 100% dishonest paid for shilling. Either that or so idiotic it’s not worth reading. Even you mentioning that now about 30 years later, it still pisses me off. 🤬 🤬 🤬
mindlight@lemm.ee 9 months ago
So the journalists are still covering for Intel to this day 15 years later, but the enthusiasts know the truth?
I’m still not saying you’re wrong but you have to admit it’s kinda strange a quick Google doesn’t reveal anything?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So considering Intel used illegal means to keep AMD out, and was fined a billion dollars for it. You think they didn’t touch gray areas in their marketing too? You seem to have no knowledge of what went on in IT in the 90’s, and be very naive, or maybe just a shill or a troll.
mindlight@lemm.ee 9 months ago
What in “Not that I think Intel wouldn’t cheat, because they’ve showed what they’re “capable of” time after time…” was unclear for you? Your conclusion from the above statement is that I’m probably a shill or just doesn’t know IT as good as you because I don’t agree with you on the spot? Really? Is that what you using your full mental capacity was able to conclude from my statement?
Let me just clear up it a little for you: The issue isn’t that Intel was (is) an asshole, it’s that you blurb out unsubstantiated claims and when called out on it you claim that there’s a conspiracy lead by Intel, all the journalists are on it but we all should take your word for it.
We both have all the information in the world literally in our hands and still you are unable to link to facts that support your statement and that is my fault somehow?
Nice talking to you. Have an awesome weekend. I will.
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So they put out an article claiming that the thermal safety was defective, and the thermal safety was defective, and you see that as some grandiose conspiracy perpetrated by Intel? And you’re still upset about it?
Even if Intel did discover and publish the defect, what exactly did they do wrong? I would reasonably expect AMD and Intel to be testing each other’s hardware constantly. Would you have preferred that Intel didn’t publish their findings?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The thermal safety was not defective, only a few years prior thermal safety wasn’t even available. The article created an artificial situation that never occurs in reality, and claimed the CPU should be able to handle that.
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So you’re saying that the CPU burning out when the cooler is removed, is the thermal safety working as intended? Sorry, I was not familiar with the situation at the time, but the way you initially described the issue doesn’t sound like foul play.