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Intel event a backdrop for quad-core launch

by Stan Beer

Tuesday, 26 September 2006

Page 2 of 2 For its part, AMD, which will not ship its own quad core range until mid-2007, has put out the spin that Intel's quad-core solution is really just two dual-cores "taped together" rather than a four cores on a single die chip. However, if the solution delivers the performance that consumers want, they probably couldn't care less. Featured Whitepaper 5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support What users will care about is the price and the release of a quad-core solution from Intel could push down its dual-core prices, forcing to AMD to follow suit, and for consumers that's good news. Clovertown and Kentsfield - bring them on Intel.{moscomment} Tags See All Tags Hardware  Powered By Joomla Tags Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! << First page <   1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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