Gutspiller
10-10-2003, 01:23 PM
In the late 90's AMD released several processors in hopes of stealing the spotlight away from Intel and its Pentium II and later Pentium III processor. Tired of being an "Intel clone," AMD's goal became to set market trends, instead of just following the lead of chipzilla. AMD's K6, K6-2 and K6-III processors all had a lot of promise, but with constant delays and manufacturing problems they just fizzled, ending up competing against Intel's bargain-basement budget Celeron processor, instead of the Pentium II's.
Four years ago, AMD finally got everything right with the K7 core, also known as the Athlon. With the Athlon, AMD had accomplished their trend-setting goals, and observers could see the Athlon was clearly superior to the Intel's Pentium 3 chip. To top things off, the Athlon was also less expensive, and AMD was not hampered with manufacturing/supply problems as they had experienced with earlier processors.
PCStats.com (http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1469)
Four years ago, AMD finally got everything right with the K7 core, also known as the Athlon. With the Athlon, AMD had accomplished their trend-setting goals, and observers could see the Athlon was clearly superior to the Intel's Pentium 3 chip. To top things off, the Athlon was also less expensive, and AMD was not hampered with manufacturing/supply problems as they had experienced with earlier processors.
PCStats.com (http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1469)