Sep 19
The six-core processors allow Intel to further leapfrog smaller rival AMD technologically. After initial hiccups, AMD had just managed to roll out its quad-core processors earlier this year. The CPU market has traditionally been dominated by Intel but AMD, with its innovative Direct Connect Architecture, had been engaged in a battle for market share over the past two years. Both the firms had been undercutting each other in a brutal price war. Intel still retains a huge lead — in the server segment, the firm holds 86.2 per cent of the market, according to research firm IDC. The new generation processors is now expected to provide Intel with an average selling price boost as well