.Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro DevicesInc. today will begin selling the fastest models yet of their flagship processors, the electronic brians of personal computers.
Intel's new top Pentium 4 chips run at 2.2gigahertz and 2 gigahertz. AMD's latest the Athlon XP2000+, clocks in at 1.67 Ghz.
Despite the speed difference, AMD stats its Athlons are more effcient and perform better(ed. no kidding!) than faster Intel chips when it comes to running many of the most popular applications.
But Intel's new chips are the first built using a new process that allows smaller transistors and other features, including doubled on-chip memory and a 30 percent reduction in overall processor size.
That means the chips have a performance boost of roughly 10 percent, in addition to the boost that comes from increased processor speed, said Louis Burns, general manager of Intel's Desktop Platform Group.
Analysts also expect the new process technology to help Intel meet demand for the Pentium 4 as well as impr5oveprofit margins by increasing the number of chips produced from each silicon wafer.
The 2.2Ghz P4 will cost $562 each when purchased in volumes of 1,000. The new 2Ghz is priced at $364 when in volumes of 1,000. The AthlonXP 2000+ costs about $339.
My opinion Intel STILL is not doing enough to meet the ability of the AthlonXP
Joe
*note* all info was recieved and confirmed from local newspaper. The Arizona Republic.
Intel's new top Pentium 4 chips run at 2.2gigahertz and 2 gigahertz. AMD's latest the Athlon XP2000+, clocks in at 1.67 Ghz.
Despite the speed difference, AMD stats its Athlons are more effcient and perform better(ed. no kidding!) than faster Intel chips when it comes to running many of the most popular applications.
But Intel's new chips are the first built using a new process that allows smaller transistors and other features, including doubled on-chip memory and a 30 percent reduction in overall processor size.
That means the chips have a performance boost of roughly 10 percent, in addition to the boost that comes from increased processor speed, said Louis Burns, general manager of Intel's Desktop Platform Group.
Analysts also expect the new process technology to help Intel meet demand for the Pentium 4 as well as impr5oveprofit margins by increasing the number of chips produced from each silicon wafer.
The 2.2Ghz P4 will cost $562 each when purchased in volumes of 1,000. The new 2Ghz is priced at $364 when in volumes of 1,000. The AthlonXP 2000+ costs about $339.
My opinion Intel STILL is not doing enough to meet the ability of the AthlonXP
Joe
*note* all info was recieved and confirmed from local newspaper. The Arizona Republic.