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April 20, 2005
AMD - second but superior
There was AMD, preparing to launch its new dual core Opteron CPUs later this week, when suddenly Intel announces - surprise, surprise - it's shipping its own dual core product. While it might have been first out the gate, however, AMD has spent much longer developing its dual core chips, and technical analysts suggest their technology is better than Intel's.
They've also aimed their CPUs at the sort of market that can really use the gains in efficiency - which Intel suggests could be as much as 65 per cent. They'll be concentrating on the workstation and server market, while Intel's CPUs will be ear-marked for the insane gaming market. Tom's Hardware, in the meantime, takes a close look at AMD's chip-manufacturing operation.
Much more interesting, however, than all this advanced stuff that the average user would be mad to consider, there's a handy little benchmarking tool that allows you to compare the performance of all the AMD and Intel models.
Posted by cw at April 20, 2005 09:56 AM
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It's a sad state of affairs, but I wonder whether a significant proportion of the population have become inured to corporate and political dishonesty anyway. This is aided and abetted by the shift in the mainstream media from informing to entertaining.
Posted by: Uisdean at April 20, 2005 12:16 PM