Your post should be voted top, it's the most informative. I've spent the whole day scratching my head. The power8 confusion in many ways reminds me of the p4 ne

Your post should be voted top, it's the most informative. I've spent the whole day scratching my head. The power8 confusion in many ways reminds me of the p4 netburst architecture, not architecturally in any way, but in the sense that "when they are good they are really good". But both by and large are not any great shakes.