Intel Corp (INTC)

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They were both thriving until Intel decided to cheapen dual-cores as a currency and sell them as if they were single cores. Intel made its best profits when it was selling high clocked single core P4s at $1000 and now only quad-cores sit there. Intel was in too much of a hurry to bring cheap multi-cores to the marketplace just so it could hurt AMD. Dual-cores were just not milked enough to get maximum profit for both companies even though AMD did try before Intel declared price war in April 2006.