p2pnet.net News:- Interesting things are happening.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is taking painful punches from competition it’s never before bothered to acknowledge as competition, and now Intel, having abandoned its quest for speed, has Advanced Micro Devices breathing down its neck.

"The Athlon 64 FX-55 and the Athlon 64 4000+ will take over the top of AMD’s performance lineup,"says the IDG News Service. "The Athlon 64 FX product line is for the most demanding PC users and applications, while the Athlon 64 is viewed as a more mainstream chip for the consumer and business desktop market.

At 2.6 GHz, the 64 FX-55 matches Intel’s Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor, says IDG, going on:

"Both of these chips represent the highest level of desktop performance available from each company, and each charges a premium for these chips. The Athlon 64 FX-55 costs $827 in quantities of 1000 units. The 3.4-GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition costs $999 in quantities of 1000 units."

Jonathan Seckler, product manager for the Athlon 64 line, is quoted as saying AMD will be able to boost the Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX processors beyond 2.6 GHzt and stay within the maximum thermal rating of 104 watts, "up from the maximum rating of 89 watts attached to the 3800+ processor".

Seckler says that’ll be part of the company’s strategy to increase performance until it’s ready to release its first dual-core processors, "which analysts believe will run slower than single-core processors. AMD and Intel both plan to release dual-core chips in 2005," adds the IDG report.

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See:-

speed – Intel decides to kill speed, p2pnet, October 16, 2004

64 FX – AMD Readies Powerful Desktop Chips, ZIDG News Service, October 19, 2004

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