AMD Unveils Athlon 64, Seen as Head Start Vs Intel
The new chip, which will be marketed first to hard-core gamers and scientists and engineers.
With the launch, "AMD is on top of the mountain and we're dropping a snowball down the hill"
In a pre-emptive strike, Intel said last week it has developed a new processor with extra memory, called Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, that is targeted at gamers and will be available in a month or two.
But AMD still has the upper-hand since Microsoft has said it will deliver a version of Windows to run on AMD's 64-bit processor. Intel will either have to adopt AMD's architecture or develop their own and convince Microsoft to enable Windows to work on its 64-bit PC chip as well, analysts said.
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Congrats to all that stuck by "The Competition".
The new chip, which will be marketed first to hard-core gamers and scientists and engineers.
With the launch, "AMD is on top of the mountain and we're dropping a snowball down the hill"
In a pre-emptive strike, Intel said last week it has developed a new processor with extra memory, called Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, that is targeted at gamers and will be available in a month or two.
But AMD still has the upper-hand since Microsoft has said it will deliver a version of Windows to run on AMD's 64-bit processor. Intel will either have to adopt AMD's architecture or develop their own and convince Microsoft to enable Windows to work on its 64-bit PC chip as well, analysts said.
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Congrats to all that stuck by "The Competition".
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