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While in recent times this might be true, I seem to recall AMD also beat Intel to 1Ghz, and I was not paying that much attention at the time, but I think they c

by uriel 16y ago

While in recent times this might be true, I seem to recall AMD also beat Intel to 1Ghz, and I was not paying that much attention at the time, but I think they came with multi-core cpus around the same time if not a bit earlier than Intel. Fusion also seems to be slightly ahead of the curve, but I follow all this stuff less and less so I'm not that familiar with the details of how exactly it compares to SandiBridge.

kingkilr 16y ago
AMD had intel flat beat on multi-core for a long while.
- srean 16y ago
  See my comment on the parent post about downvote. I couldnt reply to you earlier as HN disables posting to downvotes for a while, I think.
srean 16y ago
This is for kingkilr, I accidentally downvoted you. Damn, my sloppy clumsy fingers. Really sorry. Could anyone upvote him to compensate please. And erm could pg increase the gap between the up and down arrows. Was also going to comment that AMD beat Intel to the 64bit instraction set and it was Intel who had to play ctachup.
commandar 16y ago
>I think they came with multi-core cpus around the same time if not a bit earlier than Intel. My recollection is that Intel made it to the consumer market first, but did so in a kind of hacky manner. The original Pentium D was actually two dies on a single package, whereas the Athlon X2 was a multicore package with coherent cache from the start. I believe AMD did beat Intel to the server market, but this is all from memory, so I can't say for certain.
ErrantX 16y ago
For a long time AMD were the "indie" manufacturer in the microprocessor world - and prior to about '06 had vastly superior chips. I hung out on a forum dedicated to hardware at about that time, and the paradigm shift that Intel's Core 2 chip caused was insane. Within literally weeks AMD was old news and Intel was king (this was after a couple of years of outright dislike of Intel as the "big corporate"). AMD beat Intel to 1GHz, X64(proper) and Multi-core(proper). But Intel produced a brilliant and quality line of chips in Core 2, which has left AMD basically floundering for nearly 4 years now. I think that's fine. In a few years, with luck, AMD will produce a killer chip that leaves Intel scrabbling. Such competition is good :)

by uriel 16y ago

kingkilr 16y ago

AMD had intel flat beat on multi-core for a long while.

srean 16y ago
See my comment on the parent post about downvote. I couldnt reply to you earlier as HN disables posting to downvotes for a while, I think.

srean 16y ago

This is for kingkilr, I accidentally downvoted you. Damn, my sloppy clumsy fingers. Really sorry. Could anyone upvote him to compensate please. And erm could pg increase the gap between the up and down arrows. Was also going to comment that AMD beat Intel to the 64bit instraction set and it was Intel who had to play ctachup.

commandar 16y ago

>I think they came with multi-core cpus around the same time if not a bit earlier than Intel. My recollection is that Intel made it to the consumer market first, but did so in a kind of hacky manner. The original Pentium D was actually two dies on a single package, whereas the Athlon X2 was a multicore package with coherent cache from the start. I believe AMD did beat Intel to the server market, but this is all from memory, so I can't say for certain.

ErrantX 16y ago

For a long time AMD were the "indie" manufacturer in the microprocessor world - and prior to about '06 had vastly superior chips. I hung out on a forum dedicated to hardware at about that time, and the paradigm shift that Intel's Core 2 chip caused was insane. Within literally weeks AMD was old news and Intel was king (this was after a couple of years of outright dislike of Intel as the "big corporate"). AMD beat Intel to 1GHz, X64(proper) and Multi-core(proper). But Intel produced a brilliant and quality line of chips in Core 2, which has left AMD basically floundering for nearly 4 years now. I think that's fine. In a few years, with luck, AMD will produce a killer chip that leaves Intel scrabbling. Such competition is good :)