Transcript Intel

Intel vs AMD
By Carrie Pipkin: Introduction and History
Ramiro Bolanos : Intel and VIA chipsets
Dan Hepp: VIA and AMD chipsets, Conclusion
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Part 1: Comparative History
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Generally Intel has been the dominant
producer
of microprocessor chips
AMD has proven to be a fierce
competitor
Competition stimulated the industry by
producing new and innovative
microprocessors
In the mid nineties Intel begins to face
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true competition
Comparative History
– 80286 chip
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1980’s-Intel was the only true producer of
marketable computer chips
1982-introduce 80286
286 was able to run software of its prior
microprocessor
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Comparative History
– 80286 chip
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Within 6 years, 15 million 286’s are installed
around the world
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Intel contracts third party companies to produce
286’s and variants
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AMD was one of these third party companies
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AMD became very efficient and capable of being
its own producer of microprocessors
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Comparative History
– 386 chip
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1985, Intel releases its 32-bit 386
microprocessor.
Faster and capable of multitasking
AMD, under licensed production, produces 386
chips allowing Intel to meet market demands
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Comparative History
– 386 chip
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During the reign of the 386, AMD decides to
produce
its own CPU.
1987-AMD began legal arbitration over rights to
produce their own chips.
After 5 years of battle, the courts sided with
AMD.
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Comparative History
-486 chip
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1989-Intel releases its 486DX.
Allowed point and clicking
Initially twice as fast as its predecessor.
Intel continued to upgrade to speeds
reaching 66MHz.
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Comparative History
-Am386 chip
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1991-AMD released Am386
Intel’s 486 released two years prior
AMD believed there still existed a market
By October, AMD sold one million units
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Comparative History
-Am486 chip
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1993-AMD releases first competing chip:
Am486
1994-AMD improves chip with Am486DX
Am486DX processes up to 100MHz
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Comparative History
-Pentium
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1993, Intel realizes it cannot trademark
numbers “x86.”
This allows AMD the ability to essentially
clone Intel’s chips
Intel’s solution: dubs its new chip the
Pentium instead of releasing it as the
“586”
Comparative History
-Pentium
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Handles and processes more media types
such as speech, sound , and photographic
images.
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It Offered multiple processing speeds up
to 200MHz.
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It became well entrenched in the market
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During this time, Intel truly dominated
Comparative History
-Am5x86
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1995- AMD’s first attempt to compete with
the Pentium by introducing Am5x86
It was really for those who wanted to
upgrade their 486 motherboards without
making a jump to the Pentium
motherboard
AMD did not fare well with this chip
Comparative History
-AMD K5
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1996-K5 introduced
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First chip comparable to the Pentium
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Could be placed in the same motherboard
as
the Pentium, making it compatible
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Because it was released 3 years after the
Pentium, it was met with cool reception
Comparative History
-Pentium Pro
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In the previous year, Intel released the Pentium
Pro
Able to handle more instructions per clock cycle
Intel’s ability to get a new chip on the market
before AMD has had the effect of overshadowing
any of AMD’s microprocessors
Comparative History
-AMD K6
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1996-AMD purchases the company
NexGen who were making a
microprocessor of their own
AMD uses their core 686 processor to
develop the AMD K6
Additionally, they slap on Intel’s MMX code
making it compatible with Pentiums.
Comparative History
-AMD K6
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K6 was released in 1997 and reached
speeds of 166Mhz to 200Mhz
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K6 was significantly cheaper than the
Pentium
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K6 was able to move up to speeds as high
as 300MHz, out performing the Pentiums
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Intel was ready for the challenge
Comparative History
-Pentium II
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Later than year, Intel unveils the Pentium II
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It was equipped with MMX instructions, ready to
handle video, audio, and graphics data
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Better capable of handling video editing, sending
media via the Internet, and reprocessing music
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By 1998, the Pentium began to climb in
processing speeds up to 450 MHz.
Comparative History
-The Celeron
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K6 was doing well as a cost effective
alternative to the Pentium II, although it was
an inferior chip
In response, in 1998, Intel introduced its own
cheaper and inferiror microprocessor: the
Celeron
It was a stripped down version of the Pentium
II
Comparative History
-AMD’s K6-2
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AMD fights back with an enhanced K6 to take on the
Pentium II: the K6-2
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Their K6 chip included what they called “3DNow”
technology
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3DNow is an additional twenty-two instructions to better
handle audio, video, and graphic intensive programs
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AMD then releases K6-3 and proves to be a threat to
Intel
Comparative History
-Pentium III
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1999-Intel responds by coming out with the
Pentium III
It had an additional 70 instructions, improving its
ability to process advanced imaging, streaming
audio, video, & speech recognition programs
One goal of the Pentium III was to enhance the
Internet experience
Comparative History
-the Athlon
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The Athlon was a new chip from the ground
up
It was capable of doing everything the
Pentium III could do, but was much
cheaper
The Athlon was beating out the Pentium III
Comparative History
-Celeron II
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In 2000, Intel decides to launch a two pronged
attack against AMD
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First, Intel fights for low-end market by
introducing the Celeron II
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It ranges in speed between 500 and 1100MHz.
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It was a stripped down processor with enhanced
speed
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It was fairly cheap, making it competitive
Comparative History
-Pentium IV
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Intel also introduces the Pentium IV
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It uses four main new technologies: Hyper
Pipelined Technology, Rapid Execution Engine,
Execution Trace Cache and a 400 MHz system bus
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Its major improvement was increased speed,
initially starting at 1.5Ghz with ability for
expansion
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Today it’s reaching upwards to a remarkable 3GHz
Comparative History
-Pentium IV
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The Pentium IV can now produce high
quality video
stream radio and TV quality information
across the internet
Render upscale graphics in real-time
Perform several applications
simultaneously while connected to the
Internet
Comparative History
-the Duron
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As result of Intel’s attack on AMD, Intel is
once again dominating the market
AMD’s response to the Celeron II was the
Duron, released the same year (2000)
It is a geared down version of the Athlon,
but edges out the Celeron
Comparative History
-Athlon XP
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The Athlon chip was destroying the Pentium III, but
now is destined for the graveyard
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In response to the Pentium IV, AMD enhanced the
Athlon by coming out with the XP series.
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Test show that an Athlon XP running 1.4GHz performs
nearly as well as a Pentium of 2Ghz
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The Athlon XP is a quality chip, but is fading away
under the onslaught of the heavy performance of the
Pentium IV
Comparative History
-the ClawHammer
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Intel now holds edge over AMD in chip
technology
Rumored that AMD is developing a
powerhouse chip called the ClawHammer
It is apparently in a testing stage
Chipsets
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Our goal has been to understand the history and
details of the competition and their processors
between Intel and Amd
Also of importance are Chipsets
Knowing some information on chipsets helps
determine an appropriate opinion on Intel &
AMD
Chipsets
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A chipset is a group of integrated circuits, sold
as one unit, designed to perform one or more
related functions
We are focused on chipsets that provide
functionality for the CPU
We compared chipsets from both AMD and Intel
as well as an outside manufacturer, who makes
chipsets for both, VIA.
Chipset
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Most advanced chipset for the AMD CPU
Consists of the VT8235 Southbridge and
the VT8377 Northbridge.
Main Features of KT400
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Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 333Mhz
Support for PC 3200 DDR Ram memory @
400 Mhz
North-South Bridge Link @ 533 Mhz
5 available PCI slots
KT400 VT8377 Features
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Lightening fast memory
access: 2.7 Gb/s
AGP @ 8X offers 2.1
Gb/s dedicated speed to
3D graphics
Fast 333 Mhz FSB
KT400 VT8235 Features
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533 Mhz 8X V-link
interface between
North and South
bridge
USB 2.0
ATA133
6 Channel Audio
Few Popular Motherboards
using the KT400
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Gigabyte 7VAXP
Abit AT7 MAX2
ASUS A7V8X
MSI KT4 Ultra
Soyo KT400 Ultra Dragon
Performance Measurements AMD (using
KT400) vs. Pentium
Using Soyo’s KT400 Ultra Dragon
Motherboard
Higher number better
Higher
number
better
Higher number better
AMD 760 MPX Chipset
(Dual Processor)
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Consists of the AMD-762 system controller
(northbridge) and the AMD-768 peripheral
bus controller (southbridge).
Main features of AMD 760MPX
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Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 266 Mhz per
processor (533Mhz)
Support for PC 2100 DDR Ram memory @
266 Mhz
North-South Bridge Link @ 66 Mhz
Up to 7 available PCI slots
Features of AMD 760MPX 762
System Controller
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Two 266 MHz
point-to-point
AMD system buses
PC 2100 DDR
Ram memory @
266 Mhz
AGP 4X video
card support
Features of AMD 760MPX 768
Peripheral Bus Controller
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Host PCI bus utilizing a
66MHz/64-bit interface.
Secondary 33MHz/32-bit
PCI bus interface,
including PCI bus arbiter
with support for up to
eight external devices
UDMA 33/66/100
compatible EIDE bus
master controller
SMBus controller with
one SMBus port
Advantages of the AIPC and the
SMBus Bus
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Through the AIPC bus, the Processors
have direct access to the south bridge
Through the SMBus, the memory has the
direct access to the south bridge
Disadvantage of direct access can be
potential data conflict
The 860 Chipset
Structure
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Designed for Xeon Processor
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2 Main Chips
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MCH Memory Controller Hub
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Controls the high speed bus
ICH2 I/O controller Hub
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Controls the peripheral devices
Over view of 860 chipset
High Speed Bus
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Memory
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64 Bit PCI connection
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Graphics Accelerators
Memory Configuration
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RDRAM
Up to 64 devices supported by the Paired
mode
Single Channel-pair Mode
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Utilizes memory modules ( 4 Gigabytes)
Multiple Channel- pair mode
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Utilizes MRH-R to control the expanded
capabilities ( 16 Gigabytes of RAM)
Block Diagram
64 bit PCI Support
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400 MHz connection to the P64H chip
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Allows for a fast connection to a high speed,
PCI device
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High data transfer rate
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High Speed
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A pair are bundled in the chipset
Graphics Accelerator
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MCH connects to AGP 4X
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Connection speed of 1 GB/s
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High performance Accelerators supported
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Does not Support 8X Accelerators
ICH2 Peripherals Bus
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32 Bit PCI Bus
LAN Controller
I/O module
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Keyboard, Mouse, Floppy disk drive, etc
ATA / 100 (IDE standard for Hard Drive)
4 USB Ports
Features and Benefits
Feature
Supports two Intel Xeon Processors with
Benefit
NetBurst Microarchitecture and hyper-Threading
teconlogy
512 KB L2 chacke for dual-processing server platforms
400 MHz System Bus Capability
Balances the system bus band withd with the memory
Intel Hub Architecture with option P64H
Dual 64-bit 66 MHz I/O segments for fast drive access
and high speed networks
AGP 4X
1 GB/s of Graphics bandwidth allows high performance
Graphics
MRH-R (RDRAM Based repeater Hub)
Extends RDRAM memory capacities and increases
System scalability
Maximum memory performance(3.2 GB/s or 400MHz)
Dual RDRAM channels
Prefetch Cache
System concurrency so that simultaneous process
do not impact system performance
Dual USB Controllers
Enhanced plug and play with four full band width
USB ports
Note source (Intel 860 Chipset)
Overview 860 chipset
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Highly Structured
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Powered by up to 7 chips
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High performance
Apollo Chipset
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Designed for the Pentium 4 processor
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3 Segments in the Bus
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North Bridge High speed bus
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South Bridge peripheral devices
Block Diagram
North Bridge
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System Bus
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400 MHz
Main memory
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Connection at 266 MHz
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Bottleneck
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Accelerated Graphics Controller AGP
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4X AGP support
South Bridge
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Controls 32 bit PCI Bus (33 MHz)
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Supports up to 6 USB devices
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Hard Drive
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(2.0 Standard)
IDE (ATA 33 / 66 / 100 )
LAN controller VT6103
South Bridge (cont’d)
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Several chips available
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VT8233
VT8233C
VT8233A
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Each with a unique function
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Price drops
Features
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Supports Intel Pentium 4 Processor
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400MHz (Quad 100) FSB setting
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AGP4X graphics
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Supports DDR200/266 SDRAM as well as PC100/133
SDRAM
Ultra fast 266MB per second V-Link between North
and South Bridge
Features (cont’d)
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AC'97 and MC'97 Audio/Modem
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Integrated 3Com 10/100Mb Ethernet Media Access
Controller
Support for 2 ATA 33/66/100 interfaces
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6 USB ports, UHCI compliant
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Advanced power management capabilities
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Note Source: (Via P4X266)
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Overview
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Highly structured
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Unique features
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LAN, sound, modem integrated
4 GB of Ram
Promises to utilize Intel’s Quad bus
technology
Price conscientious
pumping
Professional Opinion
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After serious consideration to:
Chip performance
Reliability
Some research
$50 from Intel’s PR
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We conclude that the
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860 chipset is the best chipset within this Presentation
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