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Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, is in a heated competition against Intel to see who can produce a dual core computer processor. The race is to see who can make this method of processing available to consumers first.

According to a report from News.com, apparently AMD looks like they may be declared the winner. For those who may be confused, dual core processing technology can increase chip speeds a great deal, provided the software is designed to make use of it.

The News.com report indicates on April 21, AMD will be holding an event where they will announce the dual-core processors are available. Since they are also expected to announce the chips will be on sale in home consumer products in June, the first available AMD dual-core chips will be for server environments. The article goes on to reveal:

In an attempt to encourage rapid adoption, AMD will sell some of the new chips at the same prices as the corresponding single-core models they'll replace, a source familiar with the products said. The company is expected to first release its high-end and more expensive 800 series Opterons, which are geared for servers with four or eight chips, with lower-end 200 series models coming in May.

The Opteron availability date is ahead of the company's summer launch schedule, but AMD Chief Executive Hector Ruiz hinted that manufacturing was going well, saying in February, "Sometimes things happen and you might do better."

While Intel has indeed announced some of their intentions concerning dual-core processing, they aren't expected to be available to consumers, high or low end, until the beginning of 2006.

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