Quote Originally Posted by DilTech View Post
The Athlon 64 was launched in September of 2003, not 2004. Before that, blows were roughly traded back and forth between intel and AMD.
Really ? And how did the 1.8GHz K8 fare against a 3.2GHz Northwood ?
Not well if you remember.
Only in 2004 did the K8 managed to get in front...
You're also forgetting the many times intel made an attempt to block AMD from competing completely. 1986/87, 1990, 1997, and 2005 all had lawsuits filed. The 1990 lawsuit being one filed by intel, yet won by AMD being one of the more important ones, because it was an attempt to block AMD from 486's. The 1986/87 was important as well, because intel attempted to stop amd from producing chips(which was a breach of contract btw)... So, out of 25 years, how many of them were strong armed by intel? As you know, a lawsuit doesn't occur over night, it takes years to get up the evidence to sue in the first place.

Sounds like a few people may have their history a bit messed up.
Intel blocked AMD from reverse engineering its chips , which is perfectly legal.
Sounds like some have a weakness for the underdog whick blocks their viewing angle...