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Intel Funds AMD-bashing Report

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the marketing-does-the-dumbest-things dept.

Jim Norton writes "The Inqwell and ZDNet are reporting that the Aberdeen group, who recently published a report attacking the Athlon XP's processor rating system, was funded by Intel to produce the report. The articles also mention that AMD claims they were never contacted for information regarding this issue." From the benchmarks that various outfits have done on the new AMD chips, their model number is actually pretty conservative.

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  1. And in other news.... by Chester+K · · Score: 5, Funny

    And in other news, business as usual continued yet again today. Analysts continue to be shocked.

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    NO CARRIER
  2. Intel Funds AMD-bashing Robot by Hnice · · Score: 5, Funny

    In my early-morning haze, that's how this headline reached my cortex. You can imagine how disappointed I am right now.

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    god is just pretend.