It's really about time Intel started moving seriously on Centrino-esque chips, which have been their strong point for the last two years in comparison to their "eh" Pentium4 line.
I have full expectations these things will be some nice little items to have. On the other hand, we aren't looking at a ship date until Q3. And, over the last two years, Intel has had more paper launches that didn't get off the pad (see: Pentium IV 4.0Ghz) then I can think of. If you're AMD, you look at the results knowing that it was coming: Intel is a bigger dog, and just because they got behind for a good while doesn't mean that Intel can't come back in a big way. AMD's biggest advantage for now is a super simple one: the parts are readily available, and even their next generation (AM2) will be in the market for months before Intel's new design his the running. I think anyone who didn't believe Intel had the power to "catch back up" were fools; but waiting sixth months for a proposed processor is also "eh". I think these could be big successes for Intel. I'm also betting we start seeing the first quad-core chips by the end of the year. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:50 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Failure Cars Standard with Wings was.... Read it and weep! Or rejoice, whatever! http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2713 Jim Edwards wrote: > Can we end this thread soon? Intel announce an AMD killer if you > didn't know. > > >
