AMD VS INTEL PROCESSORS

Pros and Cons

Exponential GrowthProcessing power expected to double every 7qaurters or every 21 months.Actual growth is some what different - *2005 * 2011 * 2013Turion 64 bit $354 2 Ghz Sempron dual core Opteron x862.4 Athlon 64 x2 dual core

64 bit 3.73 Ghz $999 3.2 dual core 3.8 Ghz $849

2005

8 core FX *WRS 8.49Ghz6200 Opteron *W1 8 & 12 coreFusion A-series*WF GPU *W1 APU

i7 64 bit SandyBridge *IvyBridgeNext Gen HaswellNext Gen Atom – entry pc’s

3rd Gen Kavari2nd Gen Elite quad core A4 FX 9000 series 5 GhzSeaMicro servers * Mantle API

4th Gen IrisXeon E3I7 – 4900 ExtremeQuark x1000

2011

2013

Processor Usage During Growth Period

Used in Research on Dark Matter

Used in Research on Asteroid Impacts

Used With Equipment

Used in Government Surveillance

Used at NASA Research Facilities*Primarily Intel Processors are used

Hyperwall uses AMD

AMD Latest

AMD calls themselves the “Semiconductor Design Innovator”Have many World Records – first & fastestTitan to be used by Universities like MIT, UCLA, Stanford, etc..

Intel LatestOhio houses an Intel Xeon Supercomputer

AMD Processors for Gamers

25% of all U.S. Productivity is Computer Equipment

82% of market purchases were computer replacements

2009 Intel – found guilty of anti-competitive practice

2005 – World Wide computer salestotal $218 million

Bio Molecular Researchuses both AMD & Intel