AMD being competitive at the time is what mattered, but there's still technological advancement needed for them to be competitive. In this case, it was AMD usi

AMD being competitive at the time is what mattered, but there's still technological advancement needed for them to be competitive. In this case, it was AMD using copper interconnects that allowed them to not only hit 1 GHz, but quickly clock up from there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon#Original_release https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon#Original_release