After showcasing the Turion 64 X2, socket AM2 with Live! and socket F processors in IDF what AMD is left with to show on june the 6th of 2006, is still a hot topic. The much awaited event is Computex 2006 in Taipei. Its just a coincidence that the date resembles the devil's number.
Intel has already displayed the might of their upcoming Conroe processors in the IDF and left AMD with a challange to beat them before the Computex. But as far as the results of three test releases of socket AM2 show, they are not even going to beat their own predicessors by a huge margin. If such is the case then why should one buy AM2 remains the question. Despite being produced using 90 nm fabrication against Intel's 60 nm AMD's Processors are going to be more energy efficient yet keeping a better performance per watt. This might sound good to those enterprises which are using a large number of processors. No surprise that Google has decided to switch over to Opterons after being a intel only customer for a long time. This comes when Paul Otellini sits on Google's board. Certainly a moment of embarrasment for Intel once again.
Apart from AM2 the other thing that we are waiting for is the Turion 64 X2. Intel has already rolled out Core Duos in the market, and if AMD has to catch Intel in this segment then Not only Turion has to beat Core by an effective margin but also ensure that the Battery lasts longer. The israelites certainly deserve praise for bringing Intel out of the dark by dumping the Netburst along with the P4.
Intel has already displayed the might of their upcoming Conroe processors in the IDF and left AMD with a challange to beat them before the Computex. But as far as the results of three test releases of socket AM2 show, they are not even going to beat their own predicessors by a huge margin. If such is the case then why should one buy AM2 remains the question. Despite being produced using 90 nm fabrication against Intel's 60 nm AMD's Processors are going to be more energy efficient yet keeping a better performance per watt. This might sound good to those enterprises which are using a large number of processors. No surprise that Google has decided to switch over to Opterons after being a intel only customer for a long time. This comes when Paul Otellini sits on Google's board. Certainly a moment of embarrasment for Intel once again.
Apart from AM2 the other thing that we are waiting for is the Turion 64 X2. Intel has already rolled out Core Duos in the market, and if AMD has to catch Intel in this segment then Not only Turion has to beat Core by an effective margin but also ensure that the Battery lasts longer. The israelites certainly deserve praise for bringing Intel out of the dark by dumping the Netburst along with the P4.
Last but not the least is AMD Live!, to be staged against the Intel viiv both are targetting home entertainment segment. Right now we have only Mac mini plating in this field. The AMD Live! logo has been officially released by AMD after some website leaked it. In my honest opinion I find it yucky. Its not so good, but on the other hand viiv's isn't any better too.
For now, we are only left to keep waiting till 6th june and see who proves out to be the Devil, AMD or Intel.
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