AMD To Offer Quad-core Systems This Year

In a response to Intel’s impressive Core 2 CPU (launching this July), AMD announced 4×4, a dual socket, dual core capable

desktop platform, targeted for high-end users and gamers. Nicknamed the “Quad-father,” AMD’s new 4×4 platform will support two dual-core processors on a single motherboard for a total of four processing cores. Developers are still fighting with getting the most out of 2 cores at the moment, with 4 cores you certainly won’t get 2x the performance of dual core, unless the software is optimized for quad cores. It seems a disparate attempt from AMD to try and stay in the game with Intel’s Core 2 and Core 2 Extreme. Recent tests show that even the modest Intel chips beat AMD’s high end Athlon 64 FX series.