Intel, AMD duel over dual-core tech

First wave of new chips are for desktops (Intel) and servers (AMD). When the software bill comes, do they count once or twice?

Big Blue says dual-core processors count as single CPU in software licensing--but only for x86 systems, not for IBM Power5-based ones.
April 21, 2005

Trio of dual-core Opterons hits the market, with three more and a desktop line soon to follow.
April 21, 2005

AMD says its dual-core Opteron chip for servers will outrun single-core chips by 40 percent to 70 percent.

April 21, 2005

Hewlett-Packard upgrades a four-processor server with AMD's new dual-core Opteron and unveils a blade server with the chip.
April 21, 2005

Dell, Alienware and Velocity Micro begin offering PCs with Intel's dual-core Pentium Extreme Edition 840 chip.

Photo: Say hello to dual cores
April 18, 2005

previous coverage

PC makers gear up to sell machines that come packed with Intel dual-core processors.
April 15, 2005