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Intel taking AMD seriously

I am sure Intel takes AMD seriously, but they do with a conceited attitude. They still think they are better than AMD and refuse to give credit where credit is due. I am going to quote an article from http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18303 "At the Q&A for the press after his keynote, Otellini was asked about AMD but he said that this isn?t a race, and that he was happy to see its chief competitor employing the technology too". To me this reads that Intel thinks they developed the idea and AMD is following them. What most people don't know is AMD designed the Opteron/Athlon 64 to be a dual core processor from the start. I remember attending an AMD seminar and hearing them speak about it about 5 years ago. Intel is basically slapping a dual core processor together and not taking into account the other bottlenecks like the FSB that will slow it down. One of the main reason's Intel is so successful today is because it basically bribes companies to sell their chips. If you are unsure what I am talking about, I am referring to the "Intel Inside Programme" which gives companies financial benifits to promote their products. Intel may say it is to help with the computer companies advertising, but take it as what it really is. A bribe. A company like HP or Dell is going to make commercials anyway and they are going to give a brief description of what is inside the computer so they are almost forced to see Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon, so the customer know what he/she is buying. Saturn Makes a SUV with a Honda 3.5L v6 and you don't hear them saying "Honda Inside" and Honda doesn't give them any money for using their Engine. GM/Saturn has to pay for it. A processor is only one componant of a computer not the whole thing. If that were the case we should have badges for motherboard brands (ASUS or ABIT inside) or HardDrives (Western Digital, Maxtor inside) A computer cannot operate with out either of those componants so why not plug them as well. Are they less significant?

Posted by: bobiroc   Posted on: 09/08/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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