I don't know about you, but I'm thinking for reasons that will just not be apparent till they happen, that AMD won't really be on time with this one. Like every delay of the past, they won't really get this into the market till 2006, and they won't tell you that till mid 2005.

If you think dual core is going to be a significant benefit to you, I'm thinking Intel is the only real one to deliver it in 2005. I'm sure not all will agree, but I see AMD being both late and, if they base the dual cores off 90nm, they will be very $$$ too. Intel won't be cheap, it'll just be cheapER.

I think this is a release, with no real ability to do it behind it.

Just imo :)

Yes, Thats what we were waiting for. Both the chipmakers turning towards dual-core processors means that consumers are really king now. All we really need now is a good OS which can start flying with these silicon suckers. I wrote about me purchasing a Dual-Core Processor in 1 to 1 1/2 years timeframe on a Indian Tech/news site "ChannelTimes.com" in regards to story "Intel withdrawing 2.0GHz and pushing Prescott" and I was laughed upon. But I guess I had some views as I frequented your amazing site for news.

2005 is too far out, they will drop the 2 core cpu by then

Dual-core, pfeh. What you're likely going to see is that instead of giving you a 3 GHz processor, you get one with two 1.5 GHz cores. Sure, that one application that you're using that is multi-threaded will benefit, but all your others will suffer.

Don't buy into the hype. Dual-core won't be beneficial on the desktop for a long time to come.

Just thinking....
I know processors design is too complex, but why they don’t double the INTEGER and FPU unit's? I think AMD have 3 FPU and Intel 2, so why they don’t double it? Too difficult?

Just "robbing" the idea from Ati and Nvidia.

AMD will absolutely be on target with this. What's more is that with the efficient scaling of added memory controllers and using coherent HT will allow any programs, not just multi-threaded ones, to benefit from dual-core designs. As an added benefit, SMT and a larger L2 may be thrown into the mix. Let Intel be wary!