The Duel for Dual Core

by Joel Santo Domingo PC Magazine (online), 21 Apr 2005 The duel is on: AMD and Intel have entered yet another processor race. This time it centers on the next technology to power workstations, servers, desktops and notebooks for the next decade. Dual core gives the user a leg up when processing concurrent tasks, or using applications that have been written to take advantage of multiple-threaded processes. We discuss AMD's initial implementation on the Opteron platform and our test results. Read the article