AMD to unveil dual-core desktop chips

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This is revolution in Processors world

From News{The 4200+ chip, for instance, is about 10 percent faster than the Athlon 64 4000+, the best, fastest single-core Athlon. The 4800+ is about 22 percent faster, according to the Jonathan Seckler, Athlon 64 product marketing manager for AMD.

Computers with a dual-core chip also can outperform computers containing two single-core processors, although the difference can be hard to discern, Seckler said. Still, dual-core computers will consume about half the energy and cost less to buy and maintain than computers with two single-core chips.

"You can put more computers in a rack," Seckler said. "Your software licenses will also often cost less."

These dual-core chips also sell at a premium price. The 4800+ will sell for $1,001 in quantities of 1,000 while the 4600+ will go for $803, far higher than Athlon chips today and higher than most mainstream desktop chips sold in the last several years. (The 4400+ and the 4200+ sell for $581 and $537, respectively.)

The competing Pentium D chips from Intel, released last week, sell for between $241 and $530 in 1,000-unit quantities. Historically, AMD has had to sell its chips for less than Intel to gain market share. Price is also still a major factor in computer sales.

"Intel says they are going to flex their marketing muscle to bring stuff to the market cheaply," Seckler said. "We are going to appeal to people who appreciate the performance benefits." }

This is the Revolution in Processors world You can run your systems faster than the fast.

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