Intel, AMD Set to Release Dueling High-End Chips

[Hans Arne Iversen]

From wininformant:
Microprocessor giant Intel and its smaller but increasingly adept rival Advanced Micro Designs (AMD) will unveil faster new products Monday aimed at bolstering PC sales. Intel's offering is a new 2.2 GHz version of the Pentium 4, which is built with a smaller manufacturing process that can supply cooler and faster chips. AMD, meanwhile, will unleash its fastest Athlon processor ever, the Athlon XP 2000+, which runs at 1.67 GHz but outpaces 2 GHz Pentium 4 chips. With these important new releases, both companies are raising the stakes and lowering prices in order to gain market share.

The article (http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23668)

[phil]

Yeah, the new P4 has more to offer though... 0.13m process, 512K L2 cache and SMT capability. Finally, the P4 is starting to look like a decent CPU and the prices aren't too bad now either.

I'll be sticking with AMD though until I see what their Thoroughbred CPU is going to be like.

[Bruce]

So did they lower prices on the rest of the lines?

[ohms18k]

Yeah, the new P4 has more to offer though... 0.13m process, 512K L2 cache and SMT capability. Finally, the P4 is starting to look like a decent CPU and the prices aren't too bad now either.

Phil I will be getting my hands on those 2.2 babies, maybe i'll reach 3G.

[MechCD]

AMD needs to either ramp speeds up, or start pumping the hammers out before itaniums are out :/

[phil]

Originally posted by ohms18k


Phil I will be getting my hands on those 2.2 babies, maybe i'll reach 3G.



The 2Ghz models are hitting 2.5Ghz with good aircooling so you should see at least that.