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Intel Vs AMD Intel Vs AMD
Intel Vs AMD Intel Vs AMD
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Part 1: Comparative History
½ Ôenerally Intel has been the dominant
producer
of microprocessor chips
½ AMD has proven to be a fierce
competitor
½ Competition stimulated the industry by
producing new and innovative
microprocessors
½ In the mid nineties Intel begins to face
true competition x
Comparative History
ƛ 80286 chip
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Comparative History
ƛ 80286 chip
½ ithin 6 years, 15 million 286ƞs are installed
around the world
½ Intel contracts third party companies to produce
286ƞs and variants
½ AMD was one of these third party companies
½ AMD became very efficient and capable of being
its own producer of microprocessors
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Comparative History
ƛ 386 chip
½ 1985, Intel releases its 32-
32-bit 386
microprocessor.
½ Faster and capable of multitasking
½ AMD, under licensed production, produces 386
chips allowing Intel to meet market demands
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Comparative History
ƛ 386 chip
½ During the reign of the 386, AMD decides to
produce
its own CPU.
½ 1987--AMD began legal arbitration over rights to
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produce their own chips.
½ After 5 years of battle, the courts sided with
AMD.
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Comparative History
-486 chip
½ 1989-Intel releases its 486DX.
1989-
½ Allowed point and clicking
½ Initially twice as fast as its predecessor.
½ Intel continued to upgrade to speeds
reaching 66MHz.
Comparative History
-Am386 chip
½ 1991-AMD released Am386
1991-
½ Intelƞs 486 released two years prior
½ AMD believed there still existed a market
½ By October, AMD sold one million units
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Comparative History
-Am486 chip
½ 1993-AMD releases first competing chip:
1993-
Am486
½ 1994--AMD improves chip with Am486DX
1994
½ Am486DX processes up to 100MHz
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Comparative History
-Pentium
½ 1993, Intel realizes it cannot trademark
numbers Ơx86.ơ
½ This allows AMD the ability to essentially
clone Intelƞs chips
½ Intelƞs solution: dubs its new chip the
Pentium instead of releasing it as the
Ơ586ơ
Comparative History
-Pentium
½ Handles and processes more media types
such as speech, sound , and photographic
images.
½ It Offered multiple processing speeds up
to 200MHz.
½ It became well entrenched in the market
½ During this time, Intel truly dominated
Comparative History
-Am5x86
½ 1995- AMDƞs first attempt to compete with
1995-
the Pentium by introducing Am5x86
½ It was really for those who wanted to
upgrade their 486 motherboards without
making a jump to the Pentium
motherboard
½ AMD did not fare well with this chip
Comparative History
-AMD K5
½ 1996--K5 introduced
1996
½ First chip comparable to the Pentium
½ Could be placed in the same motherboard
as
the Pentium, making it compatible
½ Because it was released 3 years after the
Pentium, it was met with cool reception
Comparative History
-Pentium Pro
½ In the previous year, Intel released the Pentium
Pro
½ Able to handle more instructions per clock cycle
½ Intelƞs ability to get a new chip on the market
before AMD has had the effect of overshadowing
any of AMDƞs microprocessors
Comparative History
-AMD K6
½ 1996-AMD purchases the company
1996-
NexGen who were making a
microprocessor of their own
½ AMD uses their core 686 processor to
develop the AMD K6
½ Additionally, they slap on Intelƞs MMX code
making it compatible with Pentiums.
Comparative History
-AMD K6
½ K6 was released in 1997 and reached
speeds of 166Mhz to 200Mhz
½ K6 was significantly cheaper than the
Pentium
½ K6 was able to move up to speeds as high
as 300MHz, out performing the Pentiums
½ Intel was ready for the challenge
Comparative History
-Pentium II
½ Later than year, Intel unveils the Pentium II
½ It was equipped with MMX instructions, ready to
handle video, audio, and graphics data
½ Better capable of handling video editing, sending
media via the Internet, and reprocessing music
½ By 1998, the Pentium began to climb in
processing speeds up to 450 MHz.
Comparative History
-The Celeron
½ K6 was doing well as a cost effective
alternative to the Pentium II, although it was
an inferior chip
½ In response, in 1998, Intel introduced its own
cheaper and inferiror microprocessor: the
Celeron
½ It was a stripped down version of the
Pentium II
Comparative History
-AMDƞs K6-
K6-2
½ AMD fights back with an enhanced K6 to take on the
Pentium II: the K6-
K6-2
½ Their K6 chip included what they called Ơ3DNowơ
technology
½ 3DNow is an additional twenty-
twenty-two instructions to better
handle audio, video, and graphic intensive programs
½ AMD then releases K6-
K6-3 and proves to be a threat to
Intel
Comparative History
-Pentium III
½ 1999-Intel responds by coming out with the
1999-
Pentium III
½ It had an additional 70 instructions, improving its
ability to process advanced imaging, streaming
audio, video, & speech recognition programs
½ One goal of the Pentium III was to enhance the
Internet experience
Comparative History
-the Athlon
Higher
number
better
Higher number better
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½ 2 Main Chips
½ Memory
½ Graphics Accelerators
Memory Configuration
½ RDRAM
½ Up to 64 devices supported by the Paired
mode
½ ingle Channel-
Channel-pair Mode
½ Utilizes memory modules ( 4 Gigabytes)
½ Multiple Channel-
Channel- pair mode
½ Utilizes MRH-
MRH-R to control the expanded
capabilities ( 16 Gigabytes of RAM)
Block Diagram
64 bit PCI Support
½ 400 MHz connection to the P64H chip
½ Allows for a fast connection to a high speed,
PCI device
½ High Speed
Supports two Intel Xeon Processors with NetBurst Microarchitecture and hyper-Threading
teconlogy
512 KB L2 chacke for dual-processing server platforms
400 MHz System Bus Capability Balances the system bus band withd with the memory
Intel Hub Architecture with option P64H Dual 64-bit 66 MHz I/O segments for fast drive access
and high speed networks
MRH-R (RDRAM Based repeater Hub) Extends RDRAM memory capacities and increases
System scalability
Dual RDRAM channels Maximum memory performance(3.2 GB/s or 400MHz)
Dual USB Controllers Enhanced plug and play with four full band width
USB ports
½ Highly Structured
½ Powered by up to 7 chips
½ High performance
Apollo Chipset
½ Main memory
½ Connection at 266 MHz
½ Bottleneck
½ Price drops
Features
½ Supports Intel Pentium 4 Processor
½ AGP4X graphics
½ Unique features
½ LAN, sound, modem integrated
½ 4 GB of Ram
½ Price conscientious
Professional Opinion
½ After serious consideration to:
½ Chip performance
½ Reliability
½ Some research
½ $50 from Intelƞs PR