Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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jhalada - You're right, knowing about the long time preparation (right from the start) of K8 for dual core, we could expect to see the first at the same time as or just a few months after the 90nm single core CPUs.

But would that have made sense or be possible for AMD with their limited development/testing/verification ressources to offer a 120% performance jump from one month to the next (90nm + dual core)? ;) Intel needs at least a little a chance to follow. Fun aside, just remember how much trouble AMD sometimes had while just introducing one single new core (e.g. Sharptooth, T-Bred A etc.)