Advanced Micro Devices Inc. began shipping personal-computer processors made with a new technique that makes them more efficient, closing a gap with market leader Intel Corp.
Advanced Micro is selling four new Athlon desktop-computer chips made with so-called 65-nanometer technology, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said in a statement today. Personal computers based on the chips go on sale this month.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. unveiled three new high-end computer processors on Wednesday as the chipmaker battles rival Intel Corp. for the “power users” that often set industry buying trends.
AMD also announced aggressive pricing for the chips, known as the Athlon 64 FX-70 series, which will be sold in pairs for $599 to $999, depending on performance. The company’s previous high-end chip, the FX-62, sells for $713.
Computers equipped with more than one processor typically are servers or workstations — machines meant to run business networks or crunch mountains of data — rather than consumer desktop PCs.