bill - 2:34 am on Mar 28, 2008 (gmt 0)

AMD comes out swinging with 2 quad chips and a triple core [computerworld.com] Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which took a lot of heat for falling off its game last year, looks to be back in the fray with today's unveiling of three desktop processors. AMD announced that it's releasing Phenom X49000 processors for high-end desktop systems, along with the 65-watt quad-core Phenom X4 9100e and the Phenom X3 8000 triple-core processors.

Some are saying that the AMD quad-core designs are better than Intel's. Intel supposedly puts 2 dual-core chips together to make their quad-core, while AMD's design is a 'true quad-core'.