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nathan has come out with a few things over the years that i haven't agreed with, but he's paid to make a lot of noise and fill people's ears with predictions and reviews of all things semiconductor-related. and whereas he's always had a pretty good report on amd since the athlon xp days, he seems to really be giving the company some kudos lately, and rightfully so.
intel has had many years to catch up with amd in terms of its dual-core and multi-processor platforms and designs, and it still doesn't have it right. the yonah team in israel has made the best of a bad situation by introducing a shared cache architecture, but both nathan and i agree that intel will be forever behind amd in terms of scalable processor performance until it introduces an integrated memory controller.
according to nathan, "only a psychoanalyst would be fully qualified to analyse intel's behaviour." intel has developed expensive, large cache solutions that work around some of the shared front-side-bus shortcomings, but given all of its r&d, including a whole new processor being designed from the ground up (intel's upcoming next-gen micro-architecture, or ngma), it still hasn't figured it out.
shared bus architectures are going the way of the dodo, and rightfully so. as future processors demand greater and greater amounts of bandwidth to satiate their multi-core performance needs, a shared bus architecture is going to look like a two-cylinder engine trying to power a ferrari. it just won't work–at least not in any meaningful way.
intel's recent claims that it will have a 20% performance lead over amd's products when it releases its ngma products (see our coverage) were recently rebuked by amd. where amd will shine is not just in having extremely decently performing processors, but ones that scale so much better than intel's products, especially to two- and four-core processors in smp configurations. intel just doesn't have anything on the roadmaps that can compete.
intel is looking at a 1,333mhz fsb, a 3.33ghz clock speed, and a whopping 4 mb l2 cache just to be able to best amd's top offering by a maximum of 20%. to me, that just seems outrageously short-sighted of intel. it's almost as if the company has intentionally given amd the performance crown, and doesn't even seem to care at all about getting it back–apart from for marketing purposes.
read more of nathan's comments at the inquirer. and post your comments below regarding the true whoopin' amd is about to take from intel. hah! :)
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|rick, (12:33pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i don't think you understand intel's strategy. they obviously don't care about the performance crown. they are so big that all they have to worry about is making a profit. they have enough customers and capacity that they don't have to innovate to be proffitable. amd is the under dog and doesn't have that luxery. but don't scoff 20%! that's quite a bit at the 3ghz speeds we're talking about, even if it's only a "claim" right now. – by seljo myeri
|can someone say bias? (12:43pm est tue feb 28 2006)
nathan was talking about quad core not dual core. you can't say "the xe version will only be 20% faster then amd's processors" because we do not know which processor intel was talking about. they could have been talking about the "standard" version of it. we do not know at this time. there's a lot of ways to tweak a processor without moving to an integrated memory controller and intel knows that and is tweaking the architecture squeezing as much performance out as possible. in quad core situations, there will be bottleneck, but it's not going to be groundbreaking bad. merom will run fine off of a 667 mhz fsb.
in regards to multi-processor systems: read their roadmap they have multiple front side bus based chipsets in the works, and are going to be using multi-channel fb-dimm. that�s going to result in a 17 gb/sec bandwith. nothing groundbreaking, but a lot better then the previous version. then in 2008/2009, we see the debut of csi first with itanium and then it starts to trickle down into xeon sectors and whatnot. they can also use massive l3 caches to help dampen the performance hit from lower memory bandwith. read around, you might find information that counters about half of what you said.
then there's the 45nm process that you confidently forgot to mention
|true (12:45pm est tue feb 28 2006)
intel doesn't really care about the performance crown. why? cause even if amd will have the crown for another 4 years, milions of average joes will buy a dell as home desktop. beside that, as amd unveled few weeks ago, if you are working at purchasing, and you are buying dell equipment, even if i bad, you can't be fired. its just the way it is.
this is why lately intel doesn't give a shit about performance and innovation. they are #1 and they will be for a while. not for me, but hey, i'm not buying millions of pcs every year – by bear
|to rick (12:50pm est tue feb 28 2006)
rick, your description of intel's behavoir is that of a paranoid.
see for yourself:
– by max
|new pentium d 805 (12:53pm est tue feb 28 2006)
newegg is selling the new pentium d 805 (533mhz bus, 2.6ghz, 2x1mb l2) dual-core for $140.
supposedly it can overclock to give identical performance to 820 and 830. at the slower speed it uses less power… perhaps it can be used in a small formfactor case.
this will not be as powerful as the x2 (or as power/heat efficient), but could be good as a media center cpu (that has to concurrently encode and decode video).
intel is certainly cutting it's margins to compete with amd's x2. – by chipace
|"the bigger they are, the harder they fall" (12:54pm est tue feb 28 2006)
don't underestimate the saying "the bigger they are, the harder they fall"…
the more intel doesn't care the more the above might bite them. – by max
|chris (1:18pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"then there's the 45nm process that you confidently forgot to mention."
if you look at the performance that intel is talking about it is thus: at 65nm, a whole process generation ahead of amd's technology, our latest and greatest, totally re-designed from the ground-up core, with the fastest fsb ever seen in x86 land, with the greatest ipc of any x86-based product, they will only be 20% ahead of amd on 90nm technology.
when you look at it that way, nothing intel has on their roadmap is earth shaking. if amd is able to proceed with 65nm products by the first of next year, per their current roadmap, then intel's performance benefit will be short lived. in addition, amd is working on their next-gen architecture right now, which also includes a new design from the ground up. then there's zram, an extremely dense form of low-power high-speed cache that could allow amd to incorporate very large l2 or l3 caches, in addition to their on-die memory controller.
anyone who thinks amd is out hasn't thought the matter through. amd is a whole process generation behind intel right now, and yet not a single product from intel can best amd categorically, and can, rather, only on specific benchmarks beat amd while amd contiues to beat intel on other benchmarks. on the whole, amd is enjoying a significant advantage–especially so when you remember that they're on 90nm, not 65nm.
intel *needs* the process advantage just to compete. and nothing intel has on the roadmaps today will be an amd killer. intel will continue, if only for their size. but were the roles reversed, were it amd releasing this 65nm product competing against intel's existing 90nm process with similar levels of performance, people would be laughing amd up one side and down the other.
it is only because of intel's size that the masses are holding any hope or gladness about their upcoming, pathetic release.
of course, all of this is just my opinion. but i'm probably right.
– by rickgeek
|chipace (1:22pm est tue feb 28 2006)
just purchased an 805. it's hard to argue with the value of it. it might not be the most energy efficient chip around, but with amd wanting the same money for an athlon 64 3000+ and *more* for a 3200+ the pentium d 805 looks mighty attractive (especially with ddr2 on 775 boards).
– by 805lover
|talk is cheap, and amd is interesting but not important (1:31pm est tue feb 28 2006)
intel continues to dominate ms, grow the business and conroe / woodcrest are real and coming in 2nd half 65nm.
amd: has hit the home run, lags on process technology by a good year. it is unclear if their next generation can build on opetron. they will be equally late and capacity challenged on 45nm if they get there at all in 2008.
i'd say as much as you hate it intel is will positioned for 2007. they may lose a bit in ms on the serve space.
in the and amd will barely make a profit. intel will make a ton. that difference will drive all the other business items that continue amds struggle and intels lack of need to go for the homerun, as they don't need to in the same desperate way amd nor should they as it would be bad strategy to risk the business on homerun swings. amd has no choice.. too bad for them but good for the consumer if they hit it and not important if they don't – by amd .. yawn
|rickgeek (1:33pm est tue feb 28 2006)
intel doesn't need to be an amd killer in pure performance terms any more. performance is moot. these chips are all fast enough to do what needs to be done. the performance per watt, and related system components are what make a difference now. intel has had ddr2 for a while and with the memory conroller off chip, they an go to ddr3 if they want. amd has tied themselves to ddr2 now. intel has more than one oar in the water, they can improve their per watt performance without necessarily exceeding amd on straightline speed, and at the same time they an work on the chipset to improve overall system efficiency and capability.
different approach. amd has to take a more integrated approach putting more eggs in the processor basket than intel.
either is as good as the other for most purposes. demanding uber-gamers will go amd, but for anyone else, there are lots more choices.
|after 4 cpus or cores (1:35pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i was reading somewhere that after 4 cores a direct on die controller can really start to hamper performance. any thoughts?
everyone has been raving about the on die controller, but it isn't without it's caveats. namely support for newer memory architectures as we are seeing with amd moving towards ddr2. luckily ddr to ddr2 wasn't all that, but what if it had been?
i think intel is also going with a "huge cache" idea with lots of pre-loading and read ahead, which can be good or bad. intel has the fabs and the tech to do this sort of thing.
the performance provided by either solution at this point is so nominal to 90% of the applications. i really don't think firefox loads pages that much faster on one versus the other, so like mhz is everything, so is performance in the larger picture. even on my servers i'd rather have many servers in a cluster then one with beefy chips ( not always the case ).
that is when it comes down to raw capacity. intel produces way more chips then amd. i'm very busy at work, can someone dig up the actual numbers :) ? if intel fell you'd be paying a crapload for your chips until amd became just as big as intel.
amd has gotten a lot of capital lately, in a few years they should have a much large capactiy, but even then it will be much smaller then intels.
– by et
|rick. is right.??? (1:36pm est tue feb 28 2006)
rick speak up, unless you have insider info about amd and intel you care to share. i will challenge that you have no clue as to any idea as to what is "right."
your opinions are so skewed to favoring amd anyway you can you can't be trust to objective at all.
– by prove me wrong rick
|well no crap (1:41pm est tue feb 28 2006)
amd has had the best of show for a while. pentium is thw old nasty ungroomed dog in someone's backyard. – by amdlassie
|confusedcynic (1:44pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i agree. intel is confused. on one hand they are touting the performance-per-watt, on the other hand they are claiming the best performance when their ngma is released.
it's no wonder you're confused. i'm confused, they're confused. we're all confused.
– by rickgeek
|prove me wrong rick (1:48pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"your opinions are so skewed to favoring amd anyway you can you can't be trust to objective at all."
it is not a skewing. as i stated above, intel is not going anywhere. but it is amd who has the better solution. just because intel is a process generation ahead and coming out with a brand new architecture with greater ipc, a truly huge (server-sized) cache, a high clock rate on the extreme edition, and the highest fsb ever, that doesn't mean they're even close to being the best.
i don't know what the exact figures would be with a linear scaling to 65nm for amd65 products, but if the best intel can do with a whole new architecture atop a process generation lead is to beat amd's top offering by 20%, then that alone proves that amd has the better solution.
i'll wait and see how it plays out. these are my forecasts. and all of the above is just my opinion. still, i'm probably right.
– by rickgeek
|re: prove me wrong rick (1:57pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"your opinions are so skewed to favoring amd anyway you can you can't be trust to objective at all."
rick makes no bones about being in favor of amd, but his reasoning and arguments are sound regardless of this. you have to look very hard to find any meaningful business benchmark where intel competes well with amd, to say nothing of the gaming space where amd just trashes intel all over the place. if you think otherwise, feel free to post some links to benchmarks that prove both rick and myself wrong. i won't lose sleep waiting for you.
as for rick's comments and conclusions, i more or less agree with him, but with a couple of caveats.
amd has the performance crown, and it does appear intel isn't interested in working hard to regain it. i could make the argument that intel doesn't have to have the crown in order to be massively successful, it just has to be relatively close. hell, people will even pay a slight premium for an inferior-performing intel chip simply because intel's marketing is second to no one but microsoft.
as for future amd vs. intel fights, there remains one hanging over amd, and that's intel's amazing r&d capacity. intel could utterly squash amd if it chose to do so. the fact that it hasn't doesn't mean intel won't eventually grow desperate enough to abandon its traditional conservatism and go with something really wild. if this were to happen, i expect it'd take the form of intel leveraging its lead in the fabrication technology space — something amd is ill-equipped to fight due to the massive r&d needed to compete with billion dollar fab technology. if you took intel's great fabs and coupled it with an intel clone of an opteron (i don't mean literally, i mean figuratively), intel would obviously have the upper hand. don't think intel isn't capable of doing this because it is. doing it would be difficult for intel (politically and culturally, not technologically), but it's not impossible. and woe to amd if that happens. – by j. eric smith
|gamers (2:03pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i don't know all the tech stuff but… all the gamers i know use amd for better performance. – by gamers_dont_lie
|if amd got a deal with dell… (2:11pm est tue feb 28 2006)
intel would be history, that is right. the bigger they are, the harder they fall. if intel does not care, then dell will start selling amd's and then it would be all over for intel, because amd is obiously cheaper and better performaing. so would a average joe buy a $599 intel based desktop over a $549 better perfomaing amd based desktop that has exactly the same other features as the intel… i think amd would win that battle. – by amdinside
|re: rick (2:12pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"if the best intel can do with a whole new architecture atop a process generation lead is to beat amd's top offering by 20%, then that alone proves that amd has the better solution."
20% is 20%.
i like amd, but if intel really does beat them by 20%, then they have a better solution. maybe not as elegant, but this isn't ice skating, so there are no judges for "artistic impression" scores. amd has plans to move to 65nm soon enough, so they should be able to continue to compete. – by seljo myeri
|re: if amd got a deal with dell (2:34pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i don't think intel would be history. i believe intel's profit per quarter is higher than amd's actual revenue.
if intel really wanted to, they could probably undercut amd big time on prices. – by mogg
|amd insider.. (2:57pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i'm glad you are inside amd.. lol
if dell was to start using amd.. amd is in trouble as they can't supply dell and everyone else. do the math dell ms is equal to amd +/- a few points. how does this work that amd wins? – by an outsider
|j. eric smith (3:00pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i almost included a bit in the blurb today about there seeming to be an almost political decision at intel not to try to take back the performance crown. it could very easily come across as, and i am in no way, shape or form saying this is the case, that amd had some "political dirt" on intel, and intel agreed that instead of amd putting that political dirt out there front-and-center, they would agree to hold back on everything x86-based for a while.
that is what it seems like, though i am convinced that is not what it is. but, it is interesting how intel has been acting regarding x86 lately.
– by rickgeek
|20% is about the right number (3:00pm est tue feb 28 2006)
every generation if you believe the 70% scaling for density and 30% performance. my napkin math would say that 2/3s of your performance ends up in the actual benchmark… that would be 20%. amd will have to execute or come up with another home run to keep their advantage. so 2nd half 2006 amd advanatage is gone, they will be behind till 65nm ramps a year later. they go back to compete on price, poof their profits from this year disappear and the stock is back to teens. – by conroe rocks
|re: 805lover (3:03pm est tue feb 28 2006)
could you report back how much you are able to overclock, your motherboard model and ddr2 ram speed?
i am almost ready to pull the trigger myself (and break my 7 year amd-only purchasing policy).
sorry all about the $140 quote, newegg just raised it to $155. – by chipace
|intel cant lose (3:05pm est tue feb 28 2006)
the only way intel would be in trouble is if ibm bought amd…then amd would have the fab power adn space to do serious damage. right now amd can really only strike fear into intel in the server area.. intel is going to really get kicked in the butt in that area soon by amd… the performace gap will be huge. – by the pope
|dual-core (3:11pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"amd's dual-core solution is better than intel's"
does it matter?
nope. – by joe blow
|apple just announced a new mac-mini (3:12pm est tue feb 28 2006)
the mac mini comes in both single and dual core yonah flavors. priced at $600 and $800.
personally, i'm not tempted until the dual-core hits $600. – by mini-me
|mini-me (3:19pm est tue feb 28 2006)
i have a 1.2 ghz, 512kb l2, g4 powered mac mini. it is very nice. if legal versions of os x were available today for the generic x86-based pc, i would be using it, even if it cost $400 to buy the os.
why apple doesn't release one is beyond me. they should release a generic x86 version of os x and sell it for whatever their hardware profit margin is today, and do so without any support from apple being given. it will still work for users, however, because there will be forum after forum which comes up in support of regular, routine problems and that's a great thing.
– by rickgeek
|rickgeek (3:26pm est tue feb 28 2006)
you mean k8l? i have to admit, fpu is quite impressive, but it�s pretty far away. we�ll see parts of it next year, from what i understand/read only parts of it.
how is nothing on intel�s roadmap ground shaking? they are moving to a completely new architecture with extremely high efficiency, and for the first time in a while, their mobile, desktop and server architectures will be based on the same architecture allowing the departments to work together. they have quad core coming out as well as sossaman, the merom lines as well as tulsa (and montecito). sossaman for blades, merom for blades, laptops, conroe for performance desktop, and woodcrest for servers. tulsa for the xeonmp with 16 mb of l3 cache as well as cloverton for quad core. despite being the skeptic that i am, i have to admit that it�s pretty impressive.
with the process, you are talking if�they say h1 2007, while some say that intel�s 45nm process is due out in early 2007. that�s intel employee saying that although he can be wrong. z-ram sure, it�s great i guess. but, you are forgetting that intel is also actively trying to improve their processor density. the 45nm process is more dense then the 90 and 65nm process, and they are exploring other ways of decreasing the cache size by 20%. they have the cash so if the die is a bit bigger, it does not matter as much. also, amd licensed z-ram, they didn�t actually develop it themselves. in the same way, amd worked with ibm for soi.
also, when you look at the power consumptions, the conroe lines will use less power then the amds. the fx-62 will have 6 mb of total cache and chew up 125 watts. conroe xe will have 4 mb of l2 cache with an estimated tdp of around 95 watts (it sounds a bit high. a 15 watt increase for a 300 mhz boost in speed over woodcrest seems a bit high). tulsa�s cache only uses around .75 watts/mb of cache. if intel was bored and decided to add 16 mb of l3 cache to conroe xe, you would still be under the fx�s 125 watt limit with 3x the cache.
each of the companies have different ways of doing the same thing.
much of what intel is doing is not �impressive� to most people because we�ve been hearing about conroe and merom for months now. merom will also be the first generation processor, but it allows for tweaks, and there will be a tweak of merom due out in 2007 which includes a process shrink. not really trying to start a flame war, but i�m most impressed with intel�s current progress mainly because they are working hard to fix their architectures.
gotta love your humility
|chipace (3:27pm est tue feb 28 2006)
mwave has a good price on the 805.
it's a new system build, so it will take a week or so (once everything arrives) to get numbers.
|kill amd (3:32pm est tue feb 28 2006)
yes…kill them….show the world how much of a monopoly you truly have. muwhahaha!
when trial hits you can get your money back. – by intelshillsabove
|chris (3:33pm est tue feb 28 2006)
if i'm wrong i'll be the first to admit it, and at least the 2nd or 3rd to know it. but let's just wait and see. :)
– by rickgeek
|amd vs intel. (3:51pm est tue feb 28 2006)
amd does everything just to survive. desperate people often come up with ingenous ways to survive.
intel does everything to grow the market and keep ms to maximize profits. with this strategy always expect it to be a "safe" strategy. they are a big lumbering and profitible company. rarely do you see great innovation from companies that are so profitable, large, and dominate. your job as ceo or program manager is to keep the money rolling in. its more career limiting to go a different way. pity the pentium iii architects when netburst was king. now pitty anyone not associated with the old p3 architecture. now at a company like amd i'm willing to bet all options are considered with much more urgency then at intel. but now intel has seen the light. amd is going to be back to its money losing ways unless it somehow lightening strikes twice and the pull another magic trick out of there hat. the game has changed – by conroe rocks
|i would like to see (4:00pm est tue feb 28 2006)
amiga revived using the new cell chip technology and a new amiga os to take full advanatage of them. wouldn't that be cool especially if the games would be there for it. it would be nice to cnub not only windose but apple too and go back to the good old does of amiga computing. – by amiga memories
|re: rickgeek (4:01pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"that is what it seems like, though i am convinced that is not what it is. but, it is interesting how intel has been acting regarding x86 lately."
when i said "political" difficulties, i meant internal politics, not external. i doubt amd has much leverage on intel in any realm other than the technical right now. i mean, if amd had some sort of legal angle on intel's anticompetitive practices, do you really think they'd merely *threaten* intel with releasing such info? i don't. they'd release it in a heartbeet. no, i don't think amd is holding anything over intel in order to get intel to give amd a break. amd's not that strong and intel's not that weak.
but with regards to internal politics, intel is hampered by competing factions inside the company, each faction having considerable power. on the one hand you've got intel usa versus intel israel, with the former being the fair-haired son and the latter being the red-headed stepchild. intel usa traditionally got the most clout, the most funding, and so forth, and it brought forth the hideous beast known as netburst. intel israel took the more elegant, long-term approach now known as the pentium-m. anyone with any sense can tell you the p-m is the better of the two chips for pretty much any duty you care to throw at them, certainly good enough for desktop duty. the fact that intel is still pushing p4's into dell's instead of p-m's is a farce, plain and simple. the netburst group wasn't about to adopt something made "over there" when the usa group was supposed to be the best of the best. that would crush a few powerful egos, thus the political problems that prevented intel from going full-bore p-m long before now.
in additional to regional squabbles, you've also got itanium vs. x86. itanium is powered by ego, pure and simple. the itanium group was given amazing amounts of funding and all kinds of power to get things done, yet they fumbled the ball. the fumble has been fumbling now for about four years straight with almost no signs of improvement. the itanium team fought 64-bit x86 extensions with every iota of their strength *despite* the fact that *everyone* knew amd's opteron was eating into both itanium and x86-32 sales. the itanium team simply wanted to ignore reality in the hopes that it would go away. that doesn't happen, of course, but intel lost precious time as amd now has almost 20% market share in the high-end x86 server arena — up from 0% five years ago. but the itanium team was happy to allow intel to founder so long as it preserved their egos, their lofty titles, and their lavish funding. this is still ongoing as we speak, although the itanium team must realize by now that they've lost. denial, however, seems to be a worthy virtue at intel.
so you see, intel's problems are all of its own makings, all within its own walls. ironically, if amd gains ascendancy in the market, it won't be because it defeated intel. it will be because intel defeated itself. – by j. eric smith
|intel's brain damged (4:52pm est tue feb 28 2006)
it's all marketing hype now, and they are spending their cash like crazy.
– by sharikou
|that's not quite what i said (4:53pm est tue feb 28 2006)
the thrust of my recent note "intelligent design and the evolution of multi-core processors" is that intel took a quick and dirty approach when it created its first round of multi-core processors (smithfield, paxville, dempsey, presler), and it shows in the the weak performance of those products. they got it right with yonah, and the ngma trio (merom, conroe and woodcrest), demonstrating they do know how to design a competitive processor.
i'm disappointed, however, to hear that clovertown, a quad-core chip formed out of two dual-core chips, goes back to the old quick and dirty approach, and will likely have weak performance as a result.
so my bottom line summary is that amd's dual core is better than intel's first generation dc intel has a competitive 2nd generation dc and amd's architected quad-core is likely to outperform intel's ad hoc quad core.
|nathan brookwood (5:15pm est tue feb 28 2006)
thank you for visiting our site!
for many of the articles here that we cover, i (or the other authors) add our own spin and commentary to it. i hope that you were not misquoted or that your point was conveyed properly. but in my own defense i will say this: even your comments regarding yonah and intel's upcoming clovertown seemed to indicate that you do not think intel has done it right yet. and i certainly do not think they have, hence the way my article above was written.
if there is anything wrong, however, let us know and we'll update the original article as well. also, feel free to if you like.
– by rickgeek
|nathan brookwood (5:17pm est tue feb 28 2006)
wow, we're talking to nathan brookwood, heard a lot about you�is it really you or someone else pretending to be you?
i agree with your disappointment, i was disappointed too, but i think the reasoning behind it is mass production. if you make a single die quad core processor and you screw up, it costs more. from the way that i see it, intel's initial "pioneering" n core processor will be multi-die until they get it right and then they switch to single die. tomshardware's intel secret's revealed guide talks about whitefield. although the inq says the guide is really wrong, we�ll use that as an example. whitefield is supposed to be a single die, quad core processor. it�s supposed some after some of the other multi-die processors that intel is making. so i think it�s more of a business thing. some have argued that while a multi-die approach is not necessarily that good, you�re not going to saturate the entire bus 100% and cause really bad performance. not sure if that�s true, but i tend to agree with it�i�ve used merom as an example�667 mhz fsb, dual core. cloverton, derivative of meorm, 1.33 ghz fsb. from that perspective, it does not look that bad. – by chris
|nathan brookwood (5:18pm est tue feb 28 2006)
to expand on this:
i will add this: the inquirer article indicated that you still believe that yonah was not done properly, but was done in the best way possible considering the limited architectural capabilities the dual-core yonah core had for multi-processing, vis-a-vis the shared cache, but still shared bus design.
as i believe, amd's approach is a much better one, with isolated cores communicating directly through their own on-die memory controller, with all of the bus traffic advantages therein.
– by rickgeek
|hmmm (5:34pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"amd does everything just to survive. desperate people often come up with ingenous ways to survive."
yep… amd is surviving just, by implementing x86 64, ht, memiory controller, pacifica etc… i agree, that is barely surviving. idiot.
"intel does everything to grow the market and keep ms to maximize profits." i'm sorry, are you on lithium? last time i checked, ms was a separate company to intel… what kind of servers does ms use for x86 64 software development? go have a look. idiot.
i think the performance crown is very important, just as it is to a small company as one as big as intel.
if you loose the crown to a competitor and make no attempt to get it back, but instead rely on what you have to produce 'run-of-the-mill' chips, the customer will look at amd, then at intel, then go with the cheaper option. what happens if they are the same price? they might go with either or: intel with it's big reputation, or amd with it's performance.
now what happens in a few years time when amd has a bigger presence everywhere? the customer knows about amd, it has performance, it has reputation. they'd go with amd.
to sit back and do nothing but let the company run on it's reputation is a false business model, and it will fail.
– by headley
|price performance delta (5:45pm est tue feb 28 2006)
intel is now the cheaper cpu if intel was smart they would worry more about performance and compete with amd on all fronts (but maybe they dont want too….*puts on tinfoil hat*) maybe intel wants amd to get more market share ? im sure with all the money intel spends on r&d they could crush amd if they chose too :( but they dont want to be a monopoly ? anyway i like amd 64's right now for almost anything just waiting for the x2 prices to come down a little ! – by ppd
|hmmm (5:50pm est tue feb 28 2006)
"amiga revived using the new cell chip technology and a new amiga os to take full advanatage of them."
amigas so rocked. they were the absolute best!!
have a look at:
– by headley
|20% is not merely cpu speed advantage (6:46pm est tue feb 28 2006)
+20% is the just clock for clock execution efficiency of the forthcoming intel ngas.
if one accepts that the amd clock at 90nm will mostly be limited to ~2.8ghz and conroe 65nm xe will clock at 3.3ghz – just clock ratio before architectural efficiency (ie clock for clock) we are talking 17% right there x 1.2 for intel nga x86 efficiency – a potential totoal 40% performance advantage for the yet to be released intel devices….
not merely +20% – by process_geek
|hmmm (7:26pm est tue feb 28 2006)
how many pileline stages are there in intels new chip anyway?
– by headley
|yo headley (8:28pm est tue feb 28 2006)
tell me again what is amd's profit this past quarterly as well as their gross margin. also please tell us what intel's is.
now if you were running a business which business do you like better amd's or intel's – by not an idiot
|headley (9:08pm est tue feb 28 2006)
we have had to infer that information as, to my knowledge, intel has not yet told us. but, it is 14.
– by rickgeek
|watts (10:57pm est tue feb 28 2006)
in home pc's watts are meaningless. wow you save $10 a year. anything under a 140watts is fine for a home processor.
it's just a tool-ish argument to use the power consumption card when arguing home pc's.
even for servers the electric bill is a friggin write off what the hell do they care.
it does bring up a very apt comparison. when you buy a sports car do you care about mile/gallon? but you do care when it's a family car. when you buy a gaming processor do you care about the watts? – by meh
|and? (11:02pm est tue feb 28 2006)
milk milk lemonade, around the corner fudge is made…
this isnt exactly news now is it, since its all been known for how long? – by liberalminded
|rickgeek (11:22pm est tue feb 28 2006)
intel officially told the world about conroe's pipeline length at last year's idf.
– by chris
|i detail about rick (12:08am est wed mar 01 2006)
if it is intel he dosen't bother much on details or facts… anything that makes amd better is fact – by not a fanboy
|intel is better downright (12:43am est wed mar 01 2006)
so what if they made a mistake? when this quad-core will come out they will kill amd. amd got a lucky artitecture – by talha216
|chris (7:01am est wed mar 01 2006)
where do you see a definitive 14 there? anand writes: "the basic integer pipeline appears to be 14 stages long". the word "appears" there is why it is not definitive.
in doing a quick google search i do find several references to a 14-stage integer pipeline, but i cannot find a single quote where someone from intel has actually stated: "there are 14 critical stages in ngma". there is only this non-quote quote from which reads: "the chips will have a 14-stage pipeline, said steve smith, vice president of intel's digital enterprise group." but, it's not in quotes in the source article, meaning it was inferred and not relayed literally.
if anyone has an exact quote, please post the link.
– by rickgeek
|process_geek (7:14am est wed mar 01 2006)
"+20% is the just clock for clock execution efficiency of the forthcoming intel ngas."
a 20% improvement in performance is what intel was claiming. that will come via a faster clock, a notably faster fsb and a greater ipc.
the 20% figure was an overall performance improvement, and not any one or two things.
– by rickgeek
|nathan brockwood (7:48am est wed mar 01 2006)
nathan brockwood is just an analyst who has made a name for himself by being a quote-whore for the press :) – by analysts often wrong
|dualcore (9:15am est wed mar 01 2006)
i am a big gamer, and in most of the gaming benchmarks x2 has been winning. the shared bus architecture is hurting intel in dual core.
i worked at a company that sold intel servers, workstations/desktops, and laptops. on the servers we had performance issues when we benchmarked versus amd due to the shared bus architecture. the more processors you added to the server, the bigger the performance difference, while benchmarking.
my last computer died and i bought a new one yesterday. i looked at both dual core solutions from intel and amd. i looked on dell's website for the intel dual core since they tend to have good prices. i looked at fry's for the x2. all the dell dual core systems were more expensive than the x2's at fry's. so i got an x2 from fry's.
also check out a project called horus, it can run 64 amd processors in parallel. it's made by a company called newisys in austin. intel can't run that many processors in parallel due to the bus limitations and other factors.
– by mark
|why be an analyst (10:41am est wed mar 01 2006)
only people that are analysts are people not good enough ( read stupid ) to actual blaze the roadmap.
its much more interesting to be building the road then the moron trying to predict where the road is going. most times they only road they can predict is the one that is already built. if they had a clue they would be rich. if they claim to love the business and they were any good they would build the road and watch it from the inside. – by an insider
|mark (11:26am est wed mar 01 2006)
there are plenty of intel based systems around with an improbably large number of intel processors.
amd can't run 64 amd processors on a single bus without hitting the same limitations you assign to intel. these systems are not conventional single bus systems, the smp limitations you'll see in a standard server architecture are not a factor in the design of such parallel processing systems. even the system your link points to extends the amd architecture.
since we're doing links, here's an article from 2003 talking about both hp and ibm doing 32-way smp with xeons, and suggesting that ibm will go 64-way in 2005. that would mean that intel can indeed scale to 64-way.
looks like a cool system.
funny thing about newisys, it was founded by some folks formerly employed by ibm…interesting….i guess that they couldn't understand why ibm's amd systems were limited to 2-way blades, and thought that they could do better. apparently they can.
– by smpcynic
|laptop chips (11:28am est wed mar 01 2006)
very interesting comments.
has anyone considered the new core duo chips? i seems to me that intel is way ahead of amd in the laptop arena. i configured a dell laptop for just under $800 with a core duo chip. does amd offer anything close? – by an investor
|smpcynic (12:52pm est wed mar 01 2006)
i was mainly referring to number of cpus a box/chassis. i was a bit off on horus. it's only 32 per box with dual core. look at page 22 in the pdf under scalability.
as far as newisys, i was familiar with their starting. i interviewed there a while back. that's how i found out about what they were working on, because i did research on them before the interview.
|a lot over nothing (1:29pm est wed mar 01 2006)
intel and ms are anti-competition and have been allowed to set up monopolies. they no longer care about competition since only a small portion of their income comes from product sales.
eric is right that i'm not going to put 4 1ghz piiis together to compete with pm. even if i did, it would be with mosix.
i like w2k on piii, but when we phase those out, we'll move to linux on 3000. – by tech
|mark (1:46pm est wed mar 01 2006)
the newisys system is a multi-blade system. it does not have 32 processors in a single unit. go read their white papers, they use a blade concept with 4-way opteron units. their horus chipset provides communiation between the blades and the processors allowing up to 32-way smp.
gee, that sounds *just* like the ibm system where blades with 2 or 4 xeons are backplaned together into a 32-way smp system.
i'm sure you did research them, and even interviewed with them. that's great for you, you must be so proud. however, none of that says anything about your level of understanding of their tech. go read their documents on horus. it looks a whole lot like the ibm architecture behind the 32-way xeon systems.
so, to quote your own words "unless i am reading something wrong, they only have a max of 4 cpus per chassis." with a maximum of 32-way operation in the backplane.
– by newisyscynic
|yawn^2 (2:07pm est wed mar 01 2006)
now there are two idiots claiming that companies don't make money selling product. what does intel and ms make money doing then? – by daytrader
|with a name like daytrader, you know, we all know (2:42pm est wed mar 01 2006)
even the ftc knows.
still, the majority comes from evading taxes. wouldn't it be nice to write off $4b/quarter with proof of only spending $2m/yr. – by move on
|sick of the bias (3:37pm est wed mar 01 2006)
i am really sick of the biased articles on geek.com these days. just report the facts, not opinions from wingnuts and certainly not your opinions. take a journalism class. – by antibias
|where's the bias? (7:17pm est wed mar 01 2006)
i see no bias in these articles. rickgeek reports the facts as he sees them. if you want to deny facts, deny the benchmarks and architecture, then by all means do so, but you are the one being 'biased' here. – by luxfestinus
|bias? (7:20pm est wed mar 01 2006)
the bias has always been there.. anything amd is good, anything apple, intel, ms is bad. those profit hungry cheating, lying people cheating people out of their money.
amd no, they are honest people, who sue left and right, move their manufacturing overseas to a country that give them money, use lower waged engineers instead of americans.
– by no bias at geek.com
|hmmm (8:22pm est wed mar 01 2006)
of course amd looks better. just got to and look. which one's better?
seriously though, how can intel claim their new processor does more ipc's than an opteron which has a shorter/same pipeline?
– by headley
|hmmm (8:28pm est wed mar 01 2006)
one other thing, ricks bias was down to this line:
" hah! :) "
– by headley
|intel needs to change their ways (8:54pm est wed mar 01 2006)
and quote:
– by headley
this is very true, and i think intel has realized they need to do something again because there sole marketing isnt working! – by stayin' alive
|morons are everywhere (9:01pm est wed mar 01 2006)
what do you think intel is doing! spending more to build fabs out of the us! why don't you read what is going on before posting your false reasoning on why the site is bias or not.
amd suid intel for good reason, and for anyone what thinks ms and intel doesn't do dirty work is blind!
intel used its reputation to not innovate and put 30 pipe stages into its p4 so it can ramp to 4ghz when amd still has the performance crown for cheaper. do the customers buy amd, no because intel has a rep of being good. intel is dirty and will never change, sadly this is only one example of it. – by just like me :d
|regarding "bias" (11:06pm est wed mar 01 2006)
we are a comment site. the purpose of the articles is not just to convey the facts, but also to inject opinion or position so as to provide a starting point.
and, for the manyeth time, i like amd's products very much. i have for quite a while, and for very good reasons. i do give intel and all other companies props when they deserve them. the last time i gave intel props was for their northwood p4 core. they haven't deserved any since then. i will never give ms props because they are a wretched company and if there were any way for me to abandon them completely i would. and regarding apple, you have obviously missed my much ballyhooed mac mini articles, and my recent articles regarding how people should ditch ms and go with mac os x. of course, i'm sure that falls under the "anything ms is bad" category, even though it happens to be true. :)
i give props were props are due. and i do so across the board. but i have never heard a single argument as to what other companies like intel are doing that is so right, save the fact that they have lots of money and can get to 65nm faster than the competition, and to 45nm, etc.
money isn't everything in my book. in fact, it doesn't make an appearance in the first half of the book, and is rarely seen appearing in the latter half.
– by rickgeek
|i see no bias in these articles � huh? (11:08pm est wed mar 01 2006)
rickgeek is running down a faster new intel product before the details of the product are even known � where is this guy�s integrity? the fact is most of us will be happy buying intel kit and intel turned a profit more than once in the last six years. – by murphy
|forgive the bias (11:40pm est wed mar 01 2006)
you have to understand the dumber they are the blinder they are to their own stupidity. like forrest gump its hard to go hard on a retard.
as to anyone who judges a product or company by their web site.. its like deciding on a product because they have a slick tv add or brochure.. – by how sad them geeks
|yo nathan? (12:10am est thu mar 02 2006)
ever had a real job – by a technologist
|murphy (8:07am est thu mar 02 2006)
"rickgeek is running down a faster new intel product before the details of the product are even known � where is this guy�s integrity?"
how am i doing that? i'll answer for you: i'm not. i looked at the benchmarks of released products and came to my own conclusion. i do not listen to hype or advertising, in fact i rather despise it. i look at the reality of the product and what it can do for me.
amd is a huge company by most standards. they just happen to be notably smaller than intel. their profit margins are low because they have such a large percentage of their revenue being paid out to continue to expand, and to build fab 36 and to do the things which will make them more money in the future.
intel's craig barrett once made the comment "only real men have fabs". well, amd has several fabs. that's more than many of the high-end fabless semiconductor companies can say. and there's something to be said for a company that is branching out into so many partnerships. they don't have the money to go it alone like intel does, so they're looking to industry partners to move forward with them.
one notable problem exists when you go it alone, you'd better be right all the time because if you're not, there's no one there to help you get up and there are, in fact, many who are there to take advantage of your misfortune. look at how much market share intel lost with the netburst fiasco. had intel stayed the course with their previous tualatin-core based pentium iiis, and proceeded ahead with those by spending the money they spent developing netburst, then we would have had intel in the #1 performance slot by a tremendous amount this entire time. but they tried to force an inferior product on the market and, only because of their size, did it work. but had the roles been reversed, and intel had athlon and amd came out with pentium 4, we would not be hearing about amd today. intel brute-forced a product onto the market, and that's a bad thing for everybody, consumers, system makers, everybody.
"the fact is most of us will be happy buying intel kit and intel turned a profit more than once in the last six years."
see, always back to money on these kinds of arguments. in my opinion it's completely pathetic that people place such a high value on money when looking at something that can benefit them more or less than something else. the fact is, high-end amd64-based products will benefit you more than high-end intel-based products today. and, they'll cost just about the same to do it. who is the bigger fool? the one who buys intel because of how much money they make, thereby getting an inferior performing product relative to amd? or the one who buys amd because it provides them with greater performance and more bang for their buck?
think! think! think! these answers are not hard to come by, but they do require an objective viewpoint. it is not fanboyism to look at something and decide you like it for real reasons. and i would argue that your point of view, murphy, is intel-fanboyism because you are looking at factors other than those which should directly affect your purchasing decision, and you are doing so with your fanboy meter pegging out into the red.
– by rickgeek
|money? (8:53pm est thu mar 02 2006)
amd is in it for the money. money to pay their employees, money to fund their future and money so their stockholders will be rewarded. that is no different then intel.
by the way intel didn't loose that much ms. as a percentage the server looks huge, but amd took their limited capacity and carved out a nice chunk due to a superior product offering. putting it into the consumer space would have cost them money.. opps theres that m work again.
last i checked netburst made a tidy sum for intel. its not clear that they would have made much more if they had kept the pentium iii. mixed message you can by a fast core or a slow core that does similar work. in the end you gotta choose your battles.
in the end its about money every body wants it. you make tradeofs to maximize your money. too bad amd dosn't have more of it. – by got lots of $
|wow (5:56pm est wed mar 29 2006)
thank you someone that finally says something good about amd! i love amd and i have had no luck with any intel processors…amd goes for quality not quantity…and it doesn t matter if they are the underdog? a better processor is a better processor? i would much rather have something made better and used to its efficiency than having something made by intel to scramble just to outpower their opponents. – by refridgerator101
|lol (8:38pm est tue aug 22 2006)
funny that when conroe came out, the 20% performance increase materialized, but not 3.33 ghz against amd's best offering, but clock for clock, with conroe at higher clocks. looking into the past is fun. after years of the pentium 4 crap, we didn't expect so much from intel. – by unrealw
|core 2 problems (11:21am est sat sep 16 2006)
i heard intel has problems with power handling on their new core 2 duos, when the chips stop they need 10micro seconds to restart and the present mobos power handlings arent workin properly and not allowin 10ms – by hozridge


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First, some concepts so that you understand what I have placed on your arm!
If you were seen in the emergency room with a recent fracture, you probably have a SPLINT on, not a CAST.
A splint is made of hard material, probably plaster, that is only on one side of your arm or finger. The soft material, probably white cotton cast padding and beige elastic knit material, goes all around your arm and is what you see when you look at it. Feel it: if the hard material is only on one side, it is a splint. This type of immobilization supports your arm or finger, but allows it to swell without restricting the blood flow. Generally, the splint will be changed to a cast after a few days to a few weeks, depending on the type of injury you have.
A cast is made of hard material, probably plaster or fiberglass, and the hard material goes all the way around your arm or finger. If you touch it and the outside material is hard and it goes all the way around your arm or finger, it is a cast. This gives more rigidity to the support of your arm than does a splint, but has limited ability to allow your arm or finger to swell.
First, keep your arm elevated. If your arm is below the level of your heart, it will hurt more. Keep it up, at shoulder level or higher. Prop it up with a pillow when you are sitting or lying down, hold it up when you are standing. Don't use a sling, as this puts your arm below the level of your heart.
How long should you hold it up? If it hurts to put it down, you still need to keep it up! Don't get too frustrated, many people have learned to cope with this aggravation, and you will, too. It usually only needs to be up for two or three days.
It takes about 48 hours for the splint or cast material to fully dry and harden. Treat it gently.
Don't let the splint or cast get wet. The splint or cast material will soften and not harden again. In addition, the padding will not fully dry and your skin will get irritated.
Don't scratch under the splint or cast. You may get a skin infection.
Don't pick at the cast padding. It will pull out from inside the splint or cast and then it will not be adequately padded.
Don't trim or alter the splint or cast. If an edge is uncomfortable, try padding it with Dr. Scholl's moleskin (foot care section of the drugstore) or some white medical tape. If it remains uncomfortable, please call the office (203-865-6784).
Fractures are painful injuries, so expect it to be somewhat uncomfortable. Resting your arm, elevation, and Tylenol are usually all that are needed. Prescription pain medication is rarely needed. If your hand or arm becomes too painful, please call the office.
It is possible that your hand or arm could swell inside the cast or splint, and it could become too tight. This is extremely rare, so rare in fact that I have never had a case of it in my practice. Keeping your arm elevated above the level of the heart will usually prevent this. If necessary (usually only the first one or two days) keep the arm above the level of your shoulder. Wearing a sling always puts the arm below the level of the heart, so slings are not usually used.
The best way to tell if the cast is too tight is if the cast feels too tight and you begin to notice progressive numbness (numbness that starts and gets worse) in the fingers. If you get numbness, please call the office right away.
Be careful with the splint or cast. If it cracks, call the office.
I have discussed with you what your fracture is, shown you the x-rays, and discussed various treatment options. I will discuss these again with you when I see you in the office. For now, here are some instructions for the initial period of time and for a successful recovery!
1) Pain is usually one of a patient's first thoughts after a fracture: Is this going to hurt? How much is it going to hurt? I know that post-fracture pain is important to you and I want you to know that it is important to me, too.
2) Most patients are given a prescription for post-fracture pain medication that is a narcotic. This is usually Vicodin or Tylenol with codeine. (Please get it filled, even if you think that you will not need it. I would hate for you to have to send someone out in the middle of the night if your hand starts to hurt!) Please do not take this medication unless the Tylenol is not sufficient. The chief side effect of the narcotics is constipation, and they have other side effects (drowsiness, addiction, etc.). Use the narcotic medication only if needed. Don't take it just because I gave it to you. Many patients find that the non-narcotic medication and elevation are all they need. Take it only if you need it. If you truly need it, take it and don't be overly concerned. I just don't want you to take it unnecessarily. Use it only as directed on the bottle. This medication usually contains Tylenol, so please don't take Tylenol in addition to this medication.
3) Occasionally a patient will ask why I don't use Percocet or Percodan. These medications have a very high addiction potential and a side effect profile that I don't believe is warranted for hand surgery. In all the years I have practiced, we have been able to control pain without these medications.
4) If you need to take the narcotic medication, you should alternate the prescription-strength pain medication with the Tylenol. You can keep the same dosing schedule; just alternate the prescription and non-prescription medications. Try to stop the prescription medication as soon as you can, to avoid its side effects.
5) My patients tell me that elevating their arm above the level of their heart is more effective in relieving pain than any medication. Elevation also helps to prevent swelling, which will decrease your ability to move your fingers later on. Therefore, keep your arm elevated above your heart for two to three days after your fracture. If putting it up at shoulder level is not sufficient to help the pain, put it up higher (the "Statue of Liberty" position). I know that it is hard to keep your arm elevated once you fall asleep. Just do the best you can. A sling does not keep your hand above your heart, so I usually don't recommend one.
6) My patients also tell me that ice is the second most effective treatment for pain, again even stronger than the prescription pain medication.
7) You should have been instructed to call my office to make a follow-up appointment with me, if not call the office on the next weekday; do not wait until the day you need the appointment, or my schedule might be filled up!
8) Keep the splint or cast clean and dry. Use a plastic bag while showering.
9) Some swelling after a fracture is normal. A splint has plaster that only goes part of the way around your arm, the rest is a soft material, and the surface (the part you can see) is always a cloth material. A cast has plaster that goes all the way around your arm and the surface (the part you can see) is usually plaster. Feel your splint or cast and you can determine which it is. A splint has been placed if I think that there is much of a chance for swelling, as the splint can expand. A cast has been placed if I think that there is not much of a chance of swelling and I felt you needed more immobilization. Some swelling is normal. If you experience significant swelling that causes your hand to feel numb or pain, you should call and discuss it with me. If you are worried, keep this in perspective: the occurrence of harmful swelling is very rare.
10) Discoloration of your hand or arm is probably normal, as the blood from the fracture seeps through your tissues. This discoloration looks like a bruise in the early stages and a deep purple, then green, then finally yellow as the weeks go by. If you are unsure, feel free to give me a call.
11) Before your appointment, be sure to go to the x-ray file room where you were treated, and get your x-rays. Be sure to bring them to your appointment. If they try to give you a CD with the films, please ask them to print your films. They are your property. We have found that the quality of pictures we can get in the office from CDs is insufficient to provide you the best care and traditional X-ray films are the best. We will also most likely get new films on the day of your visit to check your healing.
I have tried to cover the usual questions that my patients have asked me over the years with the usual answers. I cannot cover all questions and all situations. Use your judgment: complications are rare, and serious complications are very rare. If you need to call, try to do so during office hours, but I am always available to help you or discuss your recovery with you.
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Seren is an independent literary publisher, specialising in English-language writing from Wales. Our prize-winning list has something to offer anyone with an interest in excellent writing. Our aim is not simply to reflect what is going on in the culture in which we publish, but to drive that culture forward, to engage with the world, and to bring Welsh literature, art and politics before a wider audience.
Over its thirty year existence Seren has developed into one of the most interesting publishing houses in Britain. Based in Bridgend and aiming primarily to give voice to outstanding writing in the English language from Wales, Seren continues to nurture and publish new talent whose quality is recognized around the world.
At the heart of our list is a good story told well or an idea or history presented interestingly or provocatively, what used to be called literary publishing before accountants and managers gained ascendancy. We're international in authorship and readership though our roots remain here in Wales (seren = star in Welsh) where we prove that writers from a small country with an intricate culture have a worldwide relevance.
The Team
Mick Felton, Publisher
Mick Felton has over thirty years experience in publishing and the book trade and has been representing, managing and editing at Seren for many of them. He is a former Trustee of the Poetry Society and has a longstanding interest and involvement in environmental issues.
Simon Hicks, Sales and Marketing Manager
Simon Hicks has been at Seren for eighteen years, working in sales, marketing, design and production. He was previously a copywriter and features editor. He likes reading, music, art, food and sitting in the garden.
Amy Wack, Poetry Editor
Amy Wack was born in Florida, USA, and raised in Coronado, California. She has a BA in English Literature from San Diego State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, New York City. She has worked at Seren since 1989 where she was Reviews Editor of Poetry Wales magazine and, in recent years, Seren's Poetry Editor, among the many prize-winning titles produced in her tenure are John Haynes Letter to Patience, which won the Costa Award for Poetry, Kathryn Simmonds, Sunday at the Skin Launderette, which won the Forward Prize for best first collection. She also co-edited, with the poet Eva Salzman, the well-received anthology Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English. She lives in Cardiff with her husband and daughter and hosts a monthly poetry-reading series, First Thursday, at Chapter Arts Centre, Canton.
Penny Anne Thomas, Fiction Editor
Penny Anne Thomas has worked for Seren since 2006 and as part-time fiction editor she is usually buried in manuscripts, some of them wonderful. She loves her job and looks to bring a range of innovative, talented writers to the Seren list. Originally from Hertfordshire she has lived in Wales since 1988. She has a BA English Language and Literature (Oxon) and worked for 15 years as a journalist for Welsh daily newspapers. She is also a freelance editor and lives in Cardiff with her two children and the dog.
Rebecca Parfitt, Editorial Assistant for Poetry Wales
Rebecca has worked in publishing and bookselling for six years, beginning her career in London. She joined Seren in 2011 and spent a year on production for the fiction titles. She is currently Editorial Assistant for Poetry Wales and manages the advertising and subscriptions for the magazine. She is also a writer of poetry and fiction who is published regularly in magazines and anthologies, and was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2010. She devotes her life to books and poetry, loves second-hand shops and can occasionally be spotted on a trapeze...


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Selected content from volume 29, number 5, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website. Featured are NCSE's Joshua Rosenau's discussion of how a Nobel laureate's views on evolution were misrepresented by a member of the Texas state board of education and Julie Duncan's discussion of "Credibility, Profitability, and Irrefutability: Why Creationists are Building Museums." And Charles Israel reviews Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette's Reframing Scopes, Sander Gliboff reviews Benjamin Wiker's The Darwin Myth, and NCSE's Steven Newton reviews Davis A. Young and Ralph F. Stearley's The Bible, Rocks and Time.
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Grossly disrupted or disturbed sleep is often an early indicator that something is going wrong. Many neurological and endocrinological problems have disturbed sleep as a symptom.
Disturbed sleep can cause physical distress as well as mood and psychological issues(*). And physical distress, as well as psychological and emotional issues, can also cause disturbed sleep.
Teasing out what is causing what and, more importantly, addressing the issues that need to be addressed, can be a daunting task.
Profoundly disturbed sleep can cause physiological stress, immune dysfunction, endocrine suppression, and other changes which in turn can contribute to difficulty sleeping, thus setting up a relentless slow-motion downward death-spiral of health.
Some seemingly psychiatric issues can be a direct result of a neurological sleep disorder such as narcolepsy causing depression and/or hallucinations or a secondary psychological effect from the chronic stressful (and sometimes horrific) symptoms manifesting directly from the sleep disorder.[1,2]
And of course, we must always be alert to psychiatric symptoms which can occur as side-effects from the medications given to alleviate the sleep symptoms. [3,4]
Many parents of young children with mood disorders have commented on their child having sleep problems since infancy. I know that was the case with my own baby. They then comment about the baby's irritability, then the toddler having low frustration tolerance, the child spacing out and being emotionally fragile, taking comments the wrong way, and even being mildly paranoid. We are not imagining things.
Sleep disturbances can cause issues such as these in otherwise healthy individuals. In an interesting study by Yoo et al (2007) using an fMRI [5] showed that sleep deprivation caused a disconnect between the rational thinking part of the brain and the emotional (affective) part of the brain. Their amygdala (that part of the brain we call the primitive part or the one involved in phobias and the "fight or flight" response) is more activated with sleep deprivation. The people emotionally over-react to negative stimuli… and there is less involvement of the medial prefrontal cortex which should have dampened that response.
Another study showed that circadian rhythm problems and genes controlling this may be involved in mania, depression and bipolar disorder. [6, 7]
As you can see, there can be far-reaching consequences for disordered sleep, including endocrine disruption of our normal diurnal hormone secretions! [7, 8]
Aside from adverse effects on the endocrine system, grossly disturbed sleep can affect the immune system, impair metabolic functions, and accelerate aging. [9, 10]
From our personal experience, profound sleep disturbance came years before our daughter's severe diagnosis of "mental illness." When the dust settled and many underlying issues were addressed, our daughter's sleep was finally improved as well.
It was only one piece of her complex puzzle—but a very important piece.
In some parts of the world, sleep studies are part of the routine diagnostic arsenal for children displaying behavioral or "mental" problems for no obvious psychological reason. In many other countries, the expense of sleep studies excludes them from being routine.
In my opinion, however, it is very difficult to fully treat non-psychologically based (maybe psychologically based ones as well) apparent mood and psychotic disorders without also addressing the sleep component.
As my own daughter's numerous biological issues were addressed one by one, and every major symptom resolved, we noticed that the last one remaining was the same as the first one we saw: a biological sleep disorder.
Helpful Links:
- National Sleep Foundation
- Sleep Music
- Nutritional Products & Sleep Protocol
- Psycheducation site, re light and Dark
Related Entries:
- Abnormal Sleep as a Cause of Mental Symptoms
- Sleep: Timing of Melatonin, Light, Dark, and Use of Other Aids)
- Inflammation of Body and Brain
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction & Psychiatric Symptoms
- Is Pediatric-Onset Bipolar Actually a Behavioral Disorder?
- The Stress Connection: Meeting Hormonal, Nutritional, and Metabolic Needs
- Important Links to Help Our Children
- Childhood-onset Schizoaffective - A Medical Doctor's Perspective of the Case
Relevant Books
1. Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in narcolepsy-related psychosis. Kondziella D, Arlien-Soborg P. J Clin Psychiatry. 2006 Nov;67(11):1817-9.
2. Schizophrenia and narcolepsy: A review with a case report. Kishi Y, Konishi S, Koizumi S, Kudo Y, Kurosawa H, Kathol RG. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2004;58(2):117-124.
3. Mania in a Boy Treated With Modafinil for Narcolepsy Am J Psychiatry 162:813-814, April 2005
4. Search on potential side-effects on hypnotics.
5. The human emotional brain without sleep--a prefrontal amygdala disconnect. Curr Biol. 2007 Oct 23;17(20):R877-8 Yoo SS, Gujar N, Hu P, Jolesz FA, Walker MP.
6. Circadian Rhythms Factor in Rapid- Cycling Bipolar Disorder Ellen Leibenluft, M.D. May 1, 1996 Psychiatric Times. Vol. 13 No. 5
7. Gene Controlling Circadian Rhythms Implicated In Bipolar Disorder ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2007)
8 Circadian patterns of growth hormone and cortisol secretions in narcoleptic patients. Besset A, Bonardet A, Billiard M, Descomps B, de Paulet AC, Passouant P. Chronobiologia. 1979 Jan-Mar;6(1):19-31
9. Metabolic and endocrine effects of sleep deprivation. Copinschi G. Essent Psychopharmacol. 2005;6(6):341-7
10. Impact of sleep and sleep loss on neuroendocrine and metabolic function. Van Cauter E, Holmback U, Knutson K, Leproult R, Miller A, Nedeltcheva A, Pannain S, Penev P, Tasali E, Spiegel K. Horm Res. 2007;67 Suppl 1:2-9. Epub 2007 Feb 15.
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If you want to optimize your business's operations, it's important to consider how and where you're housing your servers. For large and small businesses alike, having server infrastructure that can handle the needs of your business is critical to keeping everything running smoothly, including eventually expanding your data center as your business grows.
While you can store your server equipment in your own server racks, there is another option that can offer your business several benefits: colocation hosting.
Colocation is a service where you place your own server equipment on a provider's server rack instead of keeping it at your business. In other words, a provider maintains and monitors a huge data center for you, allowing you to offload data center requirements so you can easily store and scale your servers alongside your growing business.
At Lightbound, we help businesses with all of their colocation hosting needs. Is insourcing or outsourcing with colocation the right solution for your business? In this blog, we outline the pros and cons of using a colocation host.
- You get greater bandwidth with a lower cost, enjoying the features of a large IT shop without the massive price tag.
- You are still in control because you are still responsible for your hardware.
- Colocation hosting is more efficient and secure compared to hosting your own server.
- You are protected by the powerful generators and backup power of your colocation provider that will keep your servers safe in the event of an outage.
- You own your server hardware and can upgrade anytime rather than being stuck with the initial facility plan in your own data center.
- You can easily scale your infrastructure up or down thanks to the flexible tenancy your provider offers, rather than having to completely rebuild your own data center.
- With the right provider, your servers are stored in ideal temperatures with redundant power and cooling.
- With the right provider, you get 24/7 monitoring and assistance, providing extra manpower to your short-staffed IT department or assisting during major upgrades and activities.
- You have the advantage of a reliable, large-scale data center that will maximize uptime thanks to redundancy, monitoring, and expert support.
- The right colocation provider will adhere to strict industry standards so you know your data is in good hands.
- Colocation centers have better security, allowing you to reap the benefits of cameras, individual cage locks, and substantial access logs.
- Colocation hosting can be costly upfront because you have to provide your own hardware and software.
- Moving to a colocation center is a labor-intensive process. Make sure you're prepared time-wise to transition into a colocation hosting plan.
- Because you're using an outside source for your data center hosting, you are not the owner of the data center. This means you have to follow the rules and regulations of that colocation, which could restrict your access to certain days and times.
- Some people make the mistake of investing in a colocation center far away, but you'll want to make sure it's close to you so you can visit if necessary.
For many business owners, total control can be hard to relinquish. However, unloading some of your burdens through colocation hosting can help make your life simpler and less stressful. Colocation centers provide a great way for you to manage and scale your servers more easily as your business grows.
When deciding whether or not colocation hosting will benefit you, it's important to weigh the pros and cons in light of your business's specific needs and make a plan for how you will make the transition to colocation a smooth one.
At Lightbound, we provide colocation data centers to Indianapolis businesses with redundant power, cooling, fire suppression, top-notch security, and 24/7/365 monitoring. Plus, you only pay for what you need, when you need it.
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Ugh. That's exactly how I feel this morning.
I had a great weekend though!
Between getting my hair done and doing a little shopping, it was quite pleasant!
I needed my hair done badly! So glad I finally went! We must all remember to take care of ourselves, and yes that includes our hair! I'm telling MYSELF that as well!!!
On another note, I recieved a LOT of compliments on my eye shadow yesterday!! I am always doing something with my makeup, but everyone seemed to like the look yesterday. I even had one lady say, it looks like a peacock look. What do you think?
I have Maybelline's Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow in the color of Tenacious Teal all over my lid. I then went in and used Spectrum Cosmetic's Shamrock across the tip of the lid. I then took my Sephora Purple Eye Pencil and used it in the corners. After applying everything, I blended it in and There you have it! It was rather easy and I was very thankful for all the compliments. You see for me, My accessory is makeup. I tend to have a rather simple style so makeup allows me to be a little crazy!
That's it for now. I've picked up some Wailitin D! Hopefully, this will get to working and I can be back to my old self. We shall see!!!
Until Next Time, Much Love,
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Cause6 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
The Big 80's
We are an 80's tribute band that plays night clubs and corporate events. The show is professional and fun!
The poster above is our current poster with our urrent logo, just so you can get an idea of what we have been using. The logo should be fun and playful. Maybe a checkerboard logo or zebra strype logo. Should be obvious what we are. The band is a tribute to the 80's, we wear costumes from the 80's and play all 80's music live synched to 80's videos, movie clips etc. It would also be cool if we had a mascot. A rubics cube, or maybe a little 80's guy with a mullet or punk hair and spandex and a british flag 80's shirt on. Our target audience is 21 to 55 year old who like to go out and party and dance.
You could incorporate We're gonna party like it's 1985 into the logo if you want, but not a necessity, may just busy it up too much
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Please provide different views of the same logos - different colors - black and white - the ideas for designs are only suggestions - please feel free to be creative.
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LEAF International | Panama
Located in Lajero, Panama | Founded 2015
Why Panama? Since 2007, LEAF International has worked with unwavering commitment in Panama. From 2007-2014, LEAF International partnered with a government-funded orphanage in Boquete to provide an engaging music program for these underserved children. In 2014, our Costa Rican program with the Ngäbe-Bugle First Nation planned the first-ever "Tribal Reunion" at their homeland in Panama to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the indigenous region of the Ngäbe-Bugle. After a powerful re-connecting with their homelands and their brethren that still live there, launching a partner program with the Ngäbe-Bugle in Panama was an obvious fit in our efforts to contribute to the preservation and revitalization of this indigenous culture!
"It is important for Alexis [Ngäbe Teaching Artist] to travel to more communities, for he is one of the only people revealing the Ngäbe culture. They have so few artists. People still feel shy or ashamed to sing or chant in their own language because they feel it is primitive. Alexis and these young artists are helping shift from the anthropologic to art. Alexis is passionate in his charge to share his culture, and his hope is through the music programs to pass the information and passion to the youth so that they will continue to carry Ngäbe culture artistically into the world."Luis Porras Mora
Program Overview
LEAF International partners with Proyecto Jirondai to provide indigenous and First Nation communities with the support they need to preserve, revitalize, and pass their cultural traditions down to the next generation. In Panama, we work with the Ngäbe-Bugle First Nation in Lajero, Chiriquí to support elders and Cultural Keepers in teaching the youth their cultural heritage in the form of song, dance, and ancient mythology.
The importance of this work cannot be understated. In a world where indigenous communities throughout the world are struggling to keep their traditions alive, and maintain access to their native lands, providing these communities with solidarity to keep their work thriving is necessary. Through this program, we work with one Cultural Keeper that works in the local public school in the Ngäbe-Bugle reservation to provide youth with cultural instruction after school.
Through the project, students gain:
- Awareness of cultural traditions, including ceremonies, song, dance, and indigenous mythology
- Pride in their cultural heritage
- Increased self-esteem
- Leadership skills
Additionally, this project is about connecting the Ngäbe-Bugle communities of Costa Rica to the Ngäbe-Bugle communities of Panama. Both of these communities live on government 'comarcas,' the equivalent of reservations here in the US. During the 1960s, several thousand Ngäbe-Bugle individuals moved to Costa Rica out of economic necessity to work as seasonal agricultural laborers. Because of governmental regulations, these individuals are not freely allowed to cross the border and return to Panama, to visit or otherwise. Through our partnership with communities in both countries, we are able to facilitate on-going connection and the re-building of a once ancient relationship. The result? Traditions and stories that have been lost in Costa Rican communities can be reinvigorated and retaught by their fellow Panamanian communities, and a sense of solidarity and a sense of community across borders is forged.
Meet Our Teaching Artist
Leandro Guerra is a Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous community member, local artist, and Cultural Keeper. For years, he has dedicated his life to preserving the ancient wisdom and robust cultural traditions of his people. By partnering with Leandro, LEAF International is able to provide him with a sustainable livelihood to carry on his commitment to his culture by teaching indigenous students at the local public school their cultural traditions.
From music instruments to child sponsorships, our people-centered programs depend on generous givers like you to grow and thrive. Donate today! 100% of your gift goes directly to support music and arts education programs in the country of your choosing.
Past Program: Boquete
From 2007-2014, LEAF International partnered with the government-funded orphanage, Casa Hogar Trisker, to provide music and cultural arts instruction to these underserved youth. Casa Hogar Trisker looks after 25 to 40 children of all ages from the streets of Boquete: all of which are either orphaned, abandoned by parents, or from poverty-stricken families that did not have the means to care for them. For years, LEAF International enriched the lives of these impoverished children through music: providing a safe space for these children to discover their creative capabilities, explore their personal expression, and learn about their cultural heritage. The Boquete program also included a Music Summer Camp, as well as intensive workshops in music and art. Additionally, youth had the opportunity to attend music classes at the local university, which provides scholarships for music lessons to dedicated students. The students perform at local public concerts and at the International Boquete Jazz Festival. The program was located in Boquete, in the northeastern region of Panama near the border of Costa Rica.
Through the program, students learned;
- Guitar, flute, keyboard skills
- Folk dance classes
- Vocal training
- Experience in reading music
- Performance skills
- Increased self-esteem
- Awareness of cultural traditions
- Leadership skills and a sense of community
After a successful eight years, the Casa Hogar Trisker orphanage no longer needed the support of LEAF International to conduct enriching extracurricular activities, such as the LEAF International music program, and we re-directed our efforts towards a partnership with the Ngäbe-Bugle First Nation of Panama, an indigenous ethnic group that is committed to preserving their unique cultural heritage. Casa Hogar Trisker is still operating and running smoothly, and it was a pleasure to partner with them for so many years!
Project Highlights
Music Fieldtrips to David
[1 month-5 days week-8 classes a day]
Local musicians trained as teaching artists
Our Partner
Through their work, Proyecto Jirondai is preserving languages that are at the risk of extinction. An advocate for the preservation of indigenous culture, and the founder of Proyecto Jirondai, Luis Porras, serves as LEAF International's Program Coordinator in Costa Rica. Together, we are providing support systems for these indigenous communities to continue to thrive.
Boquete Culture
Boquete is in the northwest Chiriqui region with 20,000 residents. This area hosts the sacred Quetzal bird, revered by Latin American civilizations. The majority of the indigenous groups are the Ngobe Bugle people comprising one of the seven indigenous populations in Panama. They live in The Comarca Reserve outside of Boquete, which is a hard place to live and many suffer from hunger. Their traditional types of work are extinct. The women often make chaquiras, traditional beaded necklaces and chacaras, traditional woven shirts which are both still worn today. Many of the men work in coffee fields. Boquete is also a respite for ex-pats, and host the international Boquete Jazz Festival.


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Every year, the East Bay Modern Quilters puts on a show of member quilts at the Piedmont Center for the Arts. There are quilts from all the members who want to show, along with events like speakers, a community sewing day and a workshop.
This year's workshop was from Pam Rocco: Quilting by the Seat of Your Pants. The workshop was super fun, and without giving too much away, we used little viewfinders to get inspiration from photos that helped us design our quilts.
I chose a book of African wax fabric patterns and found something I liked-then set to work.
We made small black and white practice comps also-that's what you see at the top of the progress shot.
Over all I liked the class, but really loved what came out of it. This quilt is by far my favorite, because of the way it came together. Often times when I sit down to make some improv, my mind goes blank. It was a good exercise to get inspiration from an image. It directed my patchwork but allowed good space to improvise the pieces.
I quilted it on the longarm-using a square motif on the borders and a curved line in the center. I wanted a solid juxtaposition between the two and feel the quilting complimented the piecing.
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The Blackhawks just can't help themselves. They apparently just love the late-regulation drama, that crazed hockey in the final minutes, sometimes seconds.
But once again, their late third-period push couldn't be capitalized upon in overtime.
Michael Frolik tied it with 1:26 remaining in regulation, but Mikkel Boedker scored his second game-winning overtime goal in as many games in the Phoenix Coyotes' 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks in their Western Conference quarterfinal series.
The Coyotes took both games at the United Center and now command a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
The Coyotes took a 2-0 lead in the third period, thanks to Shane Doan and Taylor Pyatt's goals, which came within 44 seconds of each other. But midway through the third, the Blackhawks got a break. Brendan Morrison, a late add in place of healthy scratch Jamal Mayers, fired one that deflected off Rostislav Klesla's stick and past Mike Smith to make it 2-1. And then Frolik, who had just five goals in the regular season, scored his second of this postseason to force the fourth overtime of this series.
The last NHL series in which the first four games all went to overtime, according to TSN, was the 1951 Stanley Cup Final between Toronto and Montreal.
The Blackhawks' six consecutive playoff overtimes is a new record.


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To be a leading contributor to the cure of lung cancer by focusing on disease awareness, early detection and lung cancer treatments. A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation fights lung cancer by funding innovative research and raising awareness through education and patient support. Knowing that awareness, earlier detection and improved treatments will save lives, ABOH has created three program vehicles for carrying out its mission. Our programs will lead to: Increased research; Increased outreach, especially in low income communities where lung cancer is most prevalent; and Increased support of patients who often face this cancer with little or no support.
In 2007, a small group of lung cancer patients, along with committed family members and their caregivers from Fairview Southdale Hospital, created the first Twin Cities Lung Run/Walk. The success of this event led to the formation of A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation in 2008. Thanks to a talented and committed volunteer board of directors and the addition of professional staff in 2012, A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation has grown steadily.
A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation knows that increased research efforts and public awareness will improve the survivor rate. Most of our board of directors and growing family of supporters, now numbering over 10,000, have experienced lung cancer or have lost a loved one to this deadly cancer. We continue our endeavors to make every second count, to believe each step is a breath of hope, and to share our compassion and support with all who are impacted by lung cancer, regardless of smoking status.
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