AMD Phenom and Quad Core Opteron

Mon 2007-05-14 - Posted by Davinder "DsK" Kundi

AMD took the lead from Intel by giving us the Athlon 64 and X2 lines capable of running 32bit and 64bit applications. Add to that the chips included an onboard memory controller, further increasing performance. However Intel fought back with the Core line and regained the performance crown.

Richard Swinburne from bit-tech has a very good article covering what AMD has for us in the next round of the CPU wars. Will it be as Phenomenal as the Athlon 64 line, only time will tell.

"It still looks like AMD has something exceptionally powerful on paper, and finally a true competitor to Intel's Core as we peer through the glass, nose pressed against the surface, but until we get hold of one to test all bets should remain off. Intel's 1333MHz FSB quad core CPUs and eventually 45nm Penryn are due in a similar short term timeframe. So until the silicon tumbles into place, judgement should be reserved to the realms of fanboys as to who will win the next battle in the CPU war."

The article is an interesting read, even if just to keep up with what is going on in the CPU front on both camps. By the sounds of things AMD should be able give us some decent, but as already mentioned Intel will have Penryn around the same time and what sounds good now might not be so impressive then.

Take a look at the full article, if anything this will just mean a decent price war between the two main players, which just works in our favour!