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AMD Plans Simultaneous Desktop and Mobile Chip Releases

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the everybody-skate dept.

wh173b0y writes "Tom's Hardware reports that AMD is planning to release both it's dual-core desktop and mobile chips at the same time. This news comes after AMD, who have been fairly quiet since the release of the Athlon FX-55, came up shorter than intel on the release dates for it's dual-core processors. Intel on the other hand has been busy planning more than a dozen different chips to release as well as pressing its software designers to embrace its 64-bit architecture."

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  1. What would I do with $1000? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two cores at the same time.

  2. Re:Maybe it's just me... by eyegone · · Score: 4, Funny


    If they understood marketing, they'd be Intel.

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  3. How does it know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    How does the chip know which mode to run in? Probably a jumper.

  4. Editing nazi by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "We have still room to sclae the chip through 2005 and 2006 and expect the chip to be the best performing enthusiast and gaming processor," (sic) from article.

    I wonder how one sclaes a chip through several years? ;)

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  5. Intel have 12+ new chips on the drawing board by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And AMD have a similar number.

    - Faster Semprons
    - Faster Athlon 64s
    - Faster Athlon FXs
    - Faster Athlon 64Ms
    - Faster Opterons
    - New Dual Core Opterons
    - New Dual Core Athlon 64s
    - New Dual Core Athlon 64Ms
    - Upcoming 65nm Opterons (both single and dual core)
    - Upcoming 65nm Athlon 64s (single, dual, FX)

    And there are probably plans for Quad-core Opterons, etc, at 65nm, and so on.

  6. Re:Dual core laptops? by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 5, Funny

    You better keep your pants on; otherwise you could end up with a nasty burn.

  7. Re:Two questions: by toddestan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Make 5 and make them right: 1) Super low power notebook; 2) performance notebook; 3) main-stream desktop; 4) enthusiast-gamer desktop; 5) Hardcore teraflops.

    Isn't that what they already got?
    1. Pentium M
    2. Pentium 4M
    3. Pentium 4
    4. Pentium 4EE
    5. Itanium??

    Oh wait, you said make them RIGHT. Nevermind.

  8. Re:Eff pee? by Jozer99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Step 1: Buy laptop
    Step 2: Unpack laptop
    Step 3: Plug laptop power adapter into laptop
    Step 4: Plug laptop power adpater into laptop
    Step 5: Plug monitor into laptop
    Step 6: Plug USB Keyboard into laptop
    Step 7: Plug USB Mouse into laptop
    Step 8: Turn laptop on
    Step 9: ???
    Step 10: Profit

    Seems simple to me.

  9. Re:Arr. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "If Dell shiped AMD procs.. Intel would die overnight. "

    This is what makes Slashdot fun to read.
    Hilarius conclusions from uninformed people.