Intel Ships Dual-Core Chips

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 12, 2005 @12:09PM from the good-for-everyone dept.

Torrey Clark writes "Intel seems to be the first to ship a batch of dual core x86 64-bit processors to OEMs. Intel's first dual-core chip is the Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840. The new processor runs at 3.2 GHz, backs Intel's Hyper-Threading and is supported by the company's 955X Express chipsets, formerly code-named Glenwood. Dell also announced that it would be one of the first PC makers to ship Intel's new dual core Pentium Extreme." Reader wyckedone adds "AMD is set to ship their dual core Opteron processor, designed for servers, next week."

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Re:Intel is very powerful by powderbluedictator · 2005-04-12 12:29 · Score: 1, Redundant

ere are the nuts and bolts of the monopoly: The actual design doesn't matter too much, it is the manufacturing capability that keeps Intel ahead
If AMD came out with 64-core, 10 GHz processor that comsumed 1 watt tomorrow, and everyone decided to buy it, AMD would NOT be able to supply more than there current market share because they only have one Fab in Germany
Intel has ten fabs and ten times the capaciy.
It's not about who has a better product, it's about ability to supply that keeps Intel monopoly going