AMD showcases eight-core platform

May 14, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

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.

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Intel quad-core with 70% performance boost

September 28, 2006 · Filed Under Sci and Tech · Comment 

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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Intel Core 2 Duo vs AMD

August 5, 2006 · Filed Under Sci and Tech · 1 Comment 

Intel Core 2

Its about time Intel brush up their image, with the release of Intel Core 2 Duo processor, finally intel has a chip that outperform AMD’s chip interm of price and speed. Just when you thought that a dual processor would be more than enough, intel fresh off its Core 2 Duo chips by announcing the release of quad-core processor, the timing couldn’t be good enough - AMD later this year will release a product called “4×4,” which is two AMD processors connected together on a high-end motherboard. Both chip maker will try and double up the number of processor in a chip, perhaps in the future a processor may be packed with as many as 100 chips - who did so much fire power anyway? unless you’re a hardcore gamer or in the multimedia industry.

The main issue would be the heat generated from these chips, as they double up each year so does the heat. This would be a draw back for laptops due to the fact that heat build-up requires noisy fans to keep the system cool, especially in notebooks. Apparently E6800 Extreme can be clocked up to 5.6GHz…. that is fast.

I find it weird that these chip maker only concentrate on making faster processor and doubling up the number of chips in it. Why not invest in a new cooling system, something that might solve this heating problem and eventually increase the chip processor speed. End of the day, it is not who came out with the most number of chip in a processor, it is those that are able to tame the heat produce by a processor.

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