Intel and AMD after Conroe

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited January 2006 in Science & Tech
Pentarsys has posted an article looking at the upcoming CPU offerings from Intel and AMD.

View: Exuberant Optimism? Intel and AMD after Conroe
Overall the Conroe series of chips will be a step above current Intel offerings, but it is not the panacea that many think. The use of 65 nm process tech will help to make sure that this is a cool running design, and even with 2 MB of L2 cache it will not have an overly large die size. This will be a much easier chip for Intel to produce, and OEM’s and end users will rejoice because this chip will not require the massive cooling that the high end Pentium 4’s did.

So, while the Conroe series will be a very good chip from Intel, people are overlooking one large aspect to the situation: AMD is not standing still.
The Conroe will make Intel more competitve with the Athlon 64 but is still hobbled by the P4 FSB.

Source: Pentarsys
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