Speed isn't everything (Score 4)

We can't be blinded by the fact that these are GHz chips. Who knows how good of a processor they are? When the WinChips came along, they tried to say that they would be able to create a cheap, competitive chip by just reving upthe speed and not adding any of the 'fancy' aspects of the other, high-end, processors from AMD and Intel (they offered a barebones processor, we're not talking about just no MMX or 3D-Now! or whatever).

How good are these processors, and are they just trying to win us over with large numbers?

And just as a side note: I couldn't help but read about where they've released their chips already and be reminded about the '16 processor hardware solution' for seti@home that appeared on /. earlier. . .