AMD to win dual-core race?

Lincoln Russell 8 Apr, 2005 at 12:09pm ET Article published in Tech

AMD and Intel are racing to be the first to release a dual-core version of their processors, despite having been beaten to the punch by IBM and Sun. April 21 is flagged as a potential AMD rollout, while Intel is expected to do so in late June.

Both companies have gone to extra measures to “capture a perception of leadership in dual-core processors,” says Kevin Krewell, editor-in-chief of Microprocessor Report in San Jose, California. Intel, for example, recently provided a number of computer magazines with review systems running its not-yet-launched Pentium processors.

Source: PCWorld.com

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8 Apr 2005 ~ 12:28pm csimon great articles there off in the left margin
8 Apr 2005 ~ 12:52pm primesuspect first to 1ghz
first to 64bit desktops

will they be the first to dual core? Only their PR department knows!
8 Apr 2005 ~ 1:29pm QCH Go Speed racer... AMD still tops in my book. Now the delema is, AMD 64 or Dual core???
8 Apr 2005 ~ 1:35pm a2jfreak AMD64DUALCORE!

With two AMD64 cores on a single die, could they market it as AMD128?
8 Apr 2005 ~ 1:38pm primesuspect more bits! when are we gonna see megabits?

"yeah, i got me one uh them new 100megabit processors with 40 jiggahurtz and lots of jiggabytes.:
8 Apr 2005 ~ 1:40pm Linc yo, jigga what??
8 Apr 2005 ~ 2:22pm Thrax yuo guys are noobs i had a 250gb cpu lsat yaer; its from maxtor
8 Apr 2005 ~ 3:01pm Private_Snoball OMG why must they do this to me, will I be forced to build another PC? Will my AMD 64 hit the dust? NEVER!

Will you marry me AMD?
8 Apr 2005 ~ 3:09pm shwaip my processor has 3.2 decabits. so poop on you all.
8 Apr 2005 ~ 3:12pm Armo

Thrax wrote:

yuo guys are noobs i had a 250gb cpu lsat yaer; its from maxtor

you win everyone stop posting on S-M
8 Apr 2005 ~ 3:33pm PirateNinja whatever, my xbox has graphx chipz beyond generations ahead of what theres is now. im goin t play halo and pwn nobuies
8 Apr 2005 ~ 5:41pm Omega65 From News.com Article: AMD's dual-core Opteron due this month

In an attempt to encourage rapid adoption, AMD will sell some of the new chips at the same prices as the corresponding single-core models they'll replace, a source familiar with the products said. The company is expected to first release its high-end and more expensive 800 series Opterons, which are geared for servers with four or eight chips, with lower-end 200 series models coming in May.
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Expected pricing for the processors ranges from $851 for the Opteron 265 to $1,299 for the Opteron 275. For more powerful chips in the 800 series, prices range from $1,514 for the Opteron 865 to $2,649 for the Opteron 875.

Dual Core CPU Clock Speeds
x65 = 1.8ghz
x70 = 2.0ghz
x75 = 2.2ghz
11 Apr 2005 ~ 3:13pm Unregistered A couple of months difference wont bother me- it's going to be at least a year if not longer until I even consider dual core.

Expected pricing for the processors ranges from $851 for the Opteron 265 to $1,299 for the Opteron 275. For more powerful chips in the 800 series, prices range from $1,514 for the Opteron 865 to $2,649 for the Opteron 875.

Na ah son, I aint got dat kinda bling.
11 Apr 2005 ~ 4:20pm a2jfreak That's for the Opteron (the chip marketed to the server/workstation crowd).
The A64 should be considerably less.