AMD's New Train Engine

[Michael]

You remember The Truth About ATI/AMD & Linux with Matthew Tippett's references to trains? Well, here is his representation of the pre-8.41 train engine and the new 8.41 train engine

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[goffrie]

That's... funny. Hilarious, in fact.

Way to hotlink images, though.

[Svartalf]

Originally Posted by Michael

You remember The Truth About ATI/AMD & Linux with Matthew Tippett's references to trains? Well, here is his representation of the pre-8.41 train engine and the new 8.41 train engine

Really nice analogy, but the image I have of things is a little different...

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[d2kx]

You really have to look sharp to see the difference!

[yoshi314]

here is his representation of the pre-8.41 train engine and the new 8.41 train engine

this comparison suggests that there is no more room for performance improvements (or are there even faster trains than that one?).

[Michael]

Originally Posted by yoshi314

this comparison suggests that there is no more room for performance improvements (or are there even faster trains than that one?).

There is a 500 Premium series. Already discussed it

[ivanovic]

Originally Posted by yoshi314

this comparison suggests that there is no more room for performance improvements (or are there even faster trains than that one?).

A "more improved" train could be called "airplane" or "rocket". So improvement is possible.

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Okay, as step before we could just switch to a plain "transrapid":
Top speed (first attained) of scheduled trains

That train was developed for "normal speeds" of 500 to 550km/h.

So there is quite some place for improvements over the Shinkansen...

[yoshi314]

you know...faster trains have more spectacular derailings and crashes. is that what's waiting for us?

so the comparison is a bit wrong, in that aspect :]