amd vs. intel

AMD vs. Pentium A couple of years ago when Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) introduced it’s K5 microprocessor, the phrase “too little, too late” was plastered across their name countless times. At that time, if anyone were to name an underdog to the Intel dominated microprocessor market, Cyrix with their dirt-cheap 5x86 processor would have been the favorite. Intel had been the only processor that could handle day-to-day functions at reasonable speeds. Such simple tasks …

…sold for $1849. The same computer and it is four hundred dollars more for one reason, the name Intel. To show this case even further a P3 650mhz system cost the same as an Athlon 800mhz system. Intel has slowly been lowering their prices, but they still cannot go as low as AMD’s prices. For these reason’ AMD is the leading chip-maker and furthermore their prices are why almost everyone can own a home computer.