The babble of a middle-aged lunatic.
Because of stiff competition between the world’s largest processor manufactures and the number two AMD Microsystems, Intel has been forced to cut back by 10% of its workforce, or 10,500 employees, in order to save $3 billion/year by the year 2008.

To help keep Intel’s edge up on AMD, they launched 5 quad-core processors early Tuesday morning. Four of these processors marketed under the Xenon 5300 series, and 1 special moment for gamers, the Core 2 Extreme line, with plans to pump out 3 more “quads” by the first quarter of 2007.

AMD says they will be releasing the quad processors under the Opteron series by mid-2007.

There of course will be differences in design. The Intel structure is dependent on 2 dual-core CPUs that will plug into a single socket (2 Core Duo), while AMD plans a design integrating “the processors onto a single sliver of silicon”, which they say will increase power efficiency as well as offer better performance.

Well folks, the race is on, stronger than ever before. As a gamer, it will be interesting to me how quickly software is developed to exploit these new technologies. I impatiently await the first reviews when this does happen.

As far as gaming goes, I feel AMD has had the edge for quite some time, and this has cost Intel dearly in terms of losses in the market.

What are your predictions for these to similar but different technologies?

I’m voting on AMD, as they have not let me down yet in terms of perform and and cost, where running modern game is concerned.

Comments
on Nov 14, 2006
I'm an AMD man myself. My money's on them.

I'm watching it VERY closely, though, as I'm planning on building a new computer at tax time. I may be dreaming to get something like this, but hey, dreaming's part of all of it, right?
on Nov 14, 2006
I may be dreaming to get something like this, but hey, dreaming's part of all of it, right?


It sure is. But I might consider holding off a bit until some software is optimized for it. Give things a bit of time to settle down with the prices.

Just think, in another year, all those people that bought the latest and greatest at the time, will be selling that stuff cheap. THATS when I buy
on Nov 15, 2006

Just think, in another year, all those people that bought the latest and greatest at the time, will be selling that stuff cheap. THATS when I buy

Yeah, me, too. But I'm looking seriously at servers, so it's good to keep an eye on the state oif the art.

But, as you and I know, you can build a pretty powerful machine for under a grand if you stay a step behind the state of the art.

on Nov 15, 2006
Yeah, me, too. But I'm looking seriously at servers, so it's good to keep an eye on the state oif the art.


If the server is for a business or some organization (which I gather it is), you probably be best off getting the best you can find, that best suits your needs. That way you won't be looking at any significant upgrades for years to come. Of course you already knew that

But, as you and I know, you can build a pretty powerful machine for under a grand if you stay a step behind the state of the art.


Amen!