AMD K8 Hammer vs. Intel McKinley

I've been wondering about the clash of the 64-bit CPU's for a while. Which one's going to be better? I know the McKinley is going to have a whopping 3MB of onboard cache memory (L1, L2, AND L3) and the 1GHz version will cost (also whopping) around $4,220!! They're also gonna use a new 870 chipset. But what about the K8? Anyone know anything about that? Cache size? Price? Chipset? Also which one's better I'll keep my eye out for them, I'm really interested...

All I know is Intel seems to be feeling pressure from the Hammer so they have a backup plan in case the McKinley flops.

They have a x86-64 compatible technology that they might incorporate in newer CPUs if the Hammer is a big success.

I've red a few articles about the specificatiosn for the Hammer, etc...

I'll try to post them later on...

I heard about Intel's back-up plan as well. Of course, they wouldn't be very bright to throw all their eggs into one basket. Intel has done weird things in the past, and made some weird agreements (RAMBUS) as well.

The best part of the Hammer line is that we won't have to abandon our good old 32 bit software.