AMD to win dual-core race?

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited April 2005 in Science & 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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  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    great articles there off in the left margin
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    first to 1ghz
    first to 64bit desktops

    will they be the first to dual core? Only their PR department knows! ;D
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    Go Speed racer... AMD still tops in my book. Now the delema is, AMD 64 or Dual core??? :confused:
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited April 2005
    AMD64DUALCORE! :)

    With two AMD64 cores on a single die, could they market it as AMD128?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    more bits! when are we gonna see megabits? ;D

    "yeah, i got me one uh them new 100megabit processors with 40 jiggahurtz and lots of jiggabytes.:
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    yo, jigga what??

    ;D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    yuo guys are noobs i had a 250gb cpu lsat yaer; its from maxtor
  • Private_SnoballPrivate_Snoball Dover AFB, DE, USA
    edited April 2005
    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?
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    my processor has 3.2 decabits. so poop on you all.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited April 2005
    Thrax wrote:
    yuo guys are noobs i had a 250gb cpu lsat yaer; its from maxtor

    you win everyone stop posting on S-M
  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    whatever, my xbox has graphx chipz beyond generations ahead of what theres is now. im goin t play halo and pwn nobuies
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited April 2005
    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.
    ...........
    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
  • Unregistered
    edited April 2005
    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.
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited April 2005
    That's for the Opteron (the chip marketed to the server/workstation crowd).
    The A64 should be considerably less.
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