2006: The Year When Intel Catches up to AMD?

Sandok · Dec 12, 2005, 07:52 PM

Recently, I attended Intel's manufacturing conference in Oregon. There, an Intel vice president, Stephen Smith, talked about Intel's roadmap for next year. I came away convinced that, unless Intel stumbles on execution, it will finally catch up to smaller rival AMD in chip performance.

Sure, investors have long hoped that Intel would catch up to AMD – and have been bitterly disappointed. Over the past several years, the chipmaker canceled several products. Its server and desktop processors have fallen behind AMD’s in key performance metrics. As the much smaller AMD began churning out higher-performing chips, Intel’s share of PC and server processor market sunk from 82.1% to 80.8% in the past year, according to semiconductor consultancy Mercury Research.
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BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Dec 12, 2005, 08:37 PM

yea well as much as i like AMD, their chipsets do not include features first on the market (ie dual ddr, ddr2, pci-x, 7.1 audio). that was one thing that pulled me away from another amd processor. but performance is really good on them and dependable

Dec 12, 2005, 07:52 PM	#1
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 66	2006: The Year When Intel Catches up to AMD? Recently, I attended Intel's manufacturing conference in Oregon. There, an Intel vice president, Stephen Smith, talked about Intel's roadmap for next year. I came away convinced that, unless Intel stumbles on execution, it will finally catch up to smaller rival AMD in chip performance. Sure, investors have long hoped that Intel would catch up to AMD – and have been bitterly disappointed. Over the past several years, the chipmaker canceled several products. Its server and desktop processors have fallen behind AMD’s in key performance metrics. As the much smaller AMD began churning out higher-performing chips, Intel’s share of PC and server processor market sunk from 82.1% to 80.8% in the past year, according to semiconductor consultancy Mercury Research. ___________ Read More / Source: Business Week

Dec 12, 2005, 08:37 PM	#2
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,706 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	yea well as much as i like AMD, their chipsets do not include features first on the market (ie dual ddr, ddr2, pci-x, 7.1 audio). that was one thing that pulled me away from another amd processor. but performance is really good on them and dependable __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard