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Article: ADVANCED MICRO TO RELEASE FASTER CHIP.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
- Article from:
- EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
- Article date:
- February 21, 2000
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Advanced Micro Devices announced a new version of its flagship processor, saying that it runs faster than the latest chip from the Intel Corp.
Advance Micro, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is rolling out an Athlon processor that runs at 850 megahertz. This measure, the clock speed, is only one factor of a processor's performance, but the new speed beats Intel's top offering, a Pentium III at 800 megahertz.
The Pentium and Athlon chips are roughly equal in terms of performance at the same clock speed, according to benchmark tests. The measurements and results vary, however, and has been the subject of debates in the processor world.
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