Re:Duron will eventually use Marketing Ploy
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I think their ploy became kind of obvious when the only benchmark they seemed to use was Adobe Photoshop which was originally coded for the Mac platform.
Duron will eventually use Marketing Ploy
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According to the Inquirer, when the Duron starts using the Appaloosa chip (0.13 micron), it will then start using AMD's CPU nomenclature.
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I think their ploy became kind of obvious when the only benchmark they seemed to use was Adobe Photoshop which was originally coded for the Mac platform.
According to the Inquirer, when the Duron starts using the Appaloosa chip (0.13 micron), it will then start using AMD's CPU nomenclature.
http://www.theinquirer.net/20010201.htm
http://www.theinquirer.net/20010203.htm