AMD showcases eight-core platform
Finally a Quad Core processor from AMD, it was unveiled yesterday and the soon to be launch AMD Phenom processor is the true Quad Core processor, unlike its rival – intel that fuse two Dual Core processor into the same die and market it as Quad Core, AMD on the other hand manage to design and built a true Quad processor on a single die, making it the first for the desktop world.
According to AMD’s road map, 8 Core processor is on the horizon, making their bigger rival Intel look bad. AMD has always enjoyed a great bond with the enthusiast community, and the introduction of the AMD Phenom processor family will take our relationship to new heights.
Intel quad-core with 70% performance boost
Call this soon to be release intel quad-core a AMD killer, with AMD announcing their release of a quad core chip early 2007, intel manage to hit the rot when it is hot. With a 70% boost interm of performance, this quad-core is a killer chip.
Unlike AMD “real” quad-core that has four processor in a chip, intel quad-core comes with two sets of dual-core processor. Meaning to say that instead of putting 4 processor in a chip, intel decided that two dual-core processor would be the ideal marketing strategy. AMD has been caught by surprise and they seems to be unhappy with the fact that intel is “cheating” in the processor race. It doesn’t really matter, as long as the end results is good.
However, Intel CEO Paul Otellini has a point when he says that consumers don’t care whether they’re getting four cores on a single die or four cores spread across two chips. What they care about is performance.
AMD has a lot of catching up to do, on the development of production, intel has a leading advantage in manufacturing processor, the year 2007 could be seen as a year where intel shift their production from 65nm to 45nm development, with the ability to produce 45nm chips, more chips can be squeeze out from a single waffer thus lowering the cost of each chip. AMD needs a 45nm production plant badly.
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