SPEC says Intel's Xeon processors were using a compiler that artificially inflated the results of its industrial benchmark by as much as 9%.

Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results::SPEC says Intel’s Xeon processors were using a compiler that artificially inflated the results of its industrial benchmark by as much as 9%.

  • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    It was part a larger unethical media campaign and bribery chain by Intel. They did their damn best to hurt AMD, and they managed to pull it off, but some time later AMD brought their asses to court and sued over it, with literally billions in damages and agreements that Intel had to pay.

    • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      some time later AMD brought their asses to court and sued over it, with literally billions in damages and agreements that Intel had to pay.

      A ha! This part of the story hasn’t been brought up yet, and it sounds like it would completely change my opinion.

      • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        9 months ago

        https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5AB2LL/

        AMD has argued that Intel used illegal means to preserve its 80 percent share of the global market for central processing units, which are the brains of personal computers. Regulators in Asia and Europe have agreed, imposing fines and other remedies on Intel. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to filing its own complaint, sources have said.

        • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I read that article and looked around a bit, and I can’t find anything related to AMD’s thermal safety mechanisms. What am I missing?

          • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            9 months ago

            It’s a broad series of court proceedings and shit and it covers a broad range of anti-trust, this article is more of a summary. You can try finding the actual court documents if you’re that interested

            • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              9 months ago

              It’s starting to sound like you have never seen any evidence that reporting on a rare AMD thermal safety defect is an intricate Intel psyop, or whatever the claim is.

              My first comment in this thread simply asked for an explanation as to how a reported (and again, unimportant) defect in AMD chips is somehow Intel’s fault. I guess it was silly of me to expect a straight answer from AMDIsOurLord.

              • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                9 months ago

                At the same time as Tom’s Hardware made a very wrong and bogus claim, Intel was sued for bribery and unfair practices for multiple offenses and in multiple regions. I don’t think something that has been proven in court is a grand conspiracy, especially considering that particular outlet has had some really shining moments of journalism lmao

                But I can’t prove this specific incident without a complete court record that I don’t have

                • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  9 months ago

                  At the same time as Tom’s Hardware made a very wrong and bogus claim

                  Wait, so the claim about the thermal safety defect was incorrect? That changes everything, and it’s the other half of what I’ve been trying to figure out the whole time. I’ve been struggling to find any information on the claim one way or the other.

                  • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                    9 months ago

                    Not incorrect, just very technically irrelevant and misleading. The article in question isn’t outright lying, yes if you completely rip out the cooler when the CPU is at maximum it can be damaged, but they warped that into this supposedly big scary defect, which is manipulative at best