War of the Major CPU Manufacturers
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1969: AMD founded by former executives.
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1972-1974: AMD goes public with their first manufacturing facility.
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1976-1978: Cross-license agreement signed with Intel.
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1981: Sales doubled since 1978 and components in space.
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1982: Second source for the 8086 and 8088 CPU’s.
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1985: AMD sales reach their highest point.
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1986: Memory market and time for a change.
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1991: AMD gives Intel a challenge with the Am386 chip.
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1993: Am486 and flash memory.
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1994: Agreement with Compaq, New headquarters, law suit finalized.
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1968: Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore found Intel.
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1969: The birth of the logo.
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1972: First manufacturing facility.
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1974: The Intel 8080 microprocessor.
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1975: One of the worlds first PC’s
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1976: Worlds first microcontrollers.
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1980: Ethernet is announced.
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1981: High-tech industry recession.
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1990: Bob Noyce falls to a heart attack.
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1993: The Pentium.
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1997: Intel’s “bunny people” .
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2000: Then there was the Pentium 4.
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2005: Moore’s Law turns 40.
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Value for money: AMD Athlon64 X2 4850e
Priced at under 120$ is great value for a basic computer.
Big performance: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
Extreme Edition
No surprise there really?