Intel Conroe/Merom 20 percent faster than upcoming AMD processors?

Posted on Monday, February 20 2006 @ 0:12 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
An Intel executive told the press on Friday that the company believes their Conroe and Merom processors will be at least 20 percent faster than processors from AMD that are slated to be released at the same time.
Next month's Intel Developer Forum will include a thorough airing of the company's new design philosophies, said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. The company plans to brief hardware developers, partners, and analysts on the nitty-gritty details of its new microarchitecture, which is set to replace Intel's blueprints for desktop, mobile and server processors.

"We believe we'll be able to open a major gap," with the new processors, Eden said. Eden led the design team that created the original Pentium M processor, which is credited as the inspiration for Intel's embrace of low-power design philosophies and the model for Merom and Conroe. Merom and Conroe are expected to launch for notebooks and desktops, respectively, in the second half of this year.
More details over at CNET.


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