In the wake of drastic Athlon 64 price reductions and the US$5.4 billion merger with ATI, AMD is making another competitive move against rival Intel, demonstrating its 4×4 platform aimed at dethroning Intel’s quad-core line. The demonstration was a preemptive strike against Intel’s dual-core chip releases due on Thursday. ntel, which, like AMD, has slashed chip prices recently, will show off what it calls smarter, faster and more efficient laptop and desktop PCs powered by the new Intel Core 2 Duo chips.
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AMD, Intel Prepare to Duke it Out on Quad-Core Front
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire July 26, 2006 10:07 AMIn the wake of drastic Athlon 64 price reductions and the US$5.4 billion merger with ATI, AMD is making another competitive move against rival Intel, demonstrating its 4×4 platform aimed at dethroning Intel’s quad-core line. The demonstration was a preemptive strike against Intel’s dual-core chip releases due on Thursday. ntel, which, like AMD, has slashed chip prices recently, will show off what it calls smarter, faster and more efficient laptop and desktop PCs powered by the new Intel Core 2 Duo chips.