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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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    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
  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. 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.

  5. 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.