AMD Announce QUADCORE

[Joe]

QuadCore -- 2007 niceee

Executives confirmed that the company plans to enhance its Opteron enterprise processor line to four cores in 2007, adding focused optimizations to manage power and improve throughput.

Going forward, AMD executives said its progress will be defined by metrics like "throughput per watts per dollars", backed by specific technologies that it will try to establish as industry standards, rather than following rival Intel's lead.

FULL Story HERE

 

[NickS]

schweeeeet. i cant wait!!!!

AMD is going to SO pwn intel this round, yet again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Joe]

schweeeeet. i cant wait!!!!

AMD is going to SO pwn intel this round, yet again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

naw intel are <allegedly> droppin Netbust all together and adopting a Dothan EMT64 design that in 4x would PWN amd

 

[bloodthirst]

yeah, well i wouldnt be surprised

 

[NickS]

oh fuck lol.

AMD you better have something good before you get you're ass handed to you

 

[FragTek]

I wouldnt make any predictions yet... It's far to early to know what kind of core technologies will be used in these quad core proccies from either company. Could be completely different from anything we've ever seen.

 

[ionicle_old]

amd "should" win this as there proccy's are usually better, however i am keeping an open mind

 

[FarFarAway]

amd "should" win this as there proccy's are usually better, however i am keeping an open mind

If Intel are doing as Joe suggested then AMD will struggle

 

[NickS]

Yep, cos those dothans are AMD eaters man. They're crazy!!!!

Unless of course Intel modifies the dothan core and fk's it all up rofl.