If you've read our previous article detailing Intel's dual-core performance and its fundamental architectural setbacks, we bet your views on dual-core technology would change once you're through with this article today. AMD's Athlon 64 X2 was introduced not long ago during Computex Taipei 2005 and it was promised to be more than just another desktop processor. What AMD offers is a processor that took many years in the making, a product of a grand plan that was on the drawing board since the Athlon 64 architecture was first conceptualized.



Link: HardwareZone