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Duron CPUs getting PR ratings
AMD, meanwhile, confirmed that it will fight back by extending its performance model numbering scheme to its value-end Duron line. Sources agreed that AMD will push frequencies up a notch when the company introduces its first 0.13-micron Appaloosa and Thoroughbred cores this quarter for the Duron and Athlon processors, respectively.
However, the Appaloosa shrink will only result in a modest frequency increase, and the unchanged core and 266MHz frontside bus (FSB) won't increase performance by much, according to Kevin Krewell, an analyst at MicroDesign Resources, San Jose.
“The basic Duron core doesn't change, so AMD will be slipping ever further behind Intel's new higher-speed Celeron Willamette processors,” Krewell said. “They will respond the same way they attacked the basic Pentium 4's higher clock speeds-by emphasizing the Duron's performance level at a lower processor frequency.”
Things should turn interesting later this year as CPU Wars intensify and we get to see a clear winner. EBNS' story has many interesting details on what's to come...
However, the Appaloosa shrink will only result in a modest frequency increase, and the unchanged core and 266MHz frontside bus (FSB) won't increase performance by much, according to Kevin Krewell, an analyst at MicroDesign Resources, San Jose.
“The basic Duron core doesn't change, so AMD will be slipping ever further behind Intel's new higher-speed Celeron Willamette processors,” Krewell said. “They will respond the same way they attacked the basic Pentium 4's higher clock speeds-by emphasizing the Duron's performance level at a lower processor frequency.”
Things should turn interesting later this year as CPU Wars intensify and we get to see a clear winner. EBNS' story has many interesting details on what's to come...
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