AMD will soon begin selling its low-power, quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors.
The chip-maker has launched its new line of quad-core Xeon products for the multiprocessor server market.
AMD has unveiled two new Phenom X3 8000 chips, the world's only triple-core processors.
Intel is set to unveil a range of new innovations, including a new two-billion transistor, quad-core Itanium microprocessor codenamed Tukwila, at the International Solid State Circuits Conference this week.
AMD launched its latest quad-core Opteron processor, code-named 'Shanghai', yesterday internationally.
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As a drum-roll to its developer conference to be held in Shanghai in April, Intel has released details of its latest chip designs including the six-core Dunnington. Check out our photo gallery to get an insight into Intel's latest developments.
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Certain applications will run slower under the Intel quad-core processors, according to a company spokesperson.
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