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2.  Generally Intel has been the dominant producer of microprocessor chips  AMD has proven to be a fierce competitor  Competition stimulated the industry by producing new and innovative microprocessors  In the mid nineties Intel begins to face true competition created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 2

3.  1980’s-Intel was the only true producer of marketable computer chips  1982-introduce 80286  286 was able to run software of its prior microprocessor created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 3

4.  Within 6 years, 15 million 286’s are installed around the world  Intel contracts third party companies to produce 286’s and variants  AMD was one of these third party companies  AMD became very efficient and capable of being its own producer of microprocessors created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 4

5.  1985, Intel releases its 32-bit 386 microprocessor.  Faster and capable of multitasking  AMD, under licensed production, produces 386 chips allowing Intel to meet market demands created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 5

6.  During the reign of the 386, AMD decides to produce its own CPU.  1987-AMD began legal arbitration over rights to produce their own chips.  After 5 years of battle, the courts sided with AMD. created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 6

7.  1989-Intel releases its 486DX.  Allowed point and clicking  Initially twice as fast as its predecessor.  Intel continued to upgrade to speeds reaching 66MHz. created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 7

8.  1991-AMD released Am386  Intel’s 486 released two years prior  AMD believed there still existed a market  By October, AMD sold one million units created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 8

9.  1993-AMD releases first competing chip: Am486  1994-AMD improves chip with Am486DX  Am486DX processes up to 100MHz created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 9

10.  1993, Intel realizes it cannot trademark numbers “x86.”  This allows AMD the ability to essentially clone Intel’s chips  Intel’s solution: dubs its new chip the Pentium instead of releasing it as the “586” created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 10

11.  Handles and processes more media types such as speech, sound, and photographic images.  It Offered multiple processing speeds up to 200MHz.  It became well entrenched in the market  During this time, Intel truly dominated created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 11

12.  1995- AMD’s first attempt to compete with the Pentium by introducing Am5x86  It was really for those who wanted to upgrade their 486 motherboards without making a jump to the Pentium motherboard  AMD did not fare well with this chip created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 12

13.  1996-K5 introduced  First chip comparable to the Pentium  Could be placed in the same motherboard as the Pentium, making it compatible  Because it was released 3 years after the Pentium, it was met with cool reception created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 13

14.  In the previous year, Intel released the Pentium Pro  Able to handle more instructions per clock cycle  Intel’s ability to get a new chip on the market before AMD has had the effect of overshadowing any of AMD’s microprocessors created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 14

15.  1996-AMD purchases the company NexGen who were making a microprocessor of their own  AMD uses their core 686 processor to develop the AMD K6  Additionally, they slap on Intel’s MMX code making it compatible with Pentiums. created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 15

16.  K6 was released in 1997 and reached speeds of 166Mhz to 200Mhz  K6 was significantly cheaper than the Pentium  K6 was able to move up to speeds as high as 300MHz, out performing the Pentiums  Intel was ready for the challenge created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 16

17.  Later than year, Intel unveils the Pentium II  It was equipped with MMX instructions, ready to handle video, audio, and graphics data  Better capable of handling video editing, sending media via the Internet, and reprocessing music  By 1998, the Pentium began to climb in processing speeds up to 450 MHz. created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 17

18.  K6 was doing well as a cost effective alternative to the Pentium II, although it was an inferior chip  In response, in 1998, Intel introduced its own cheaper and inferiror microprocessor: the Celeron  It was a stripped down version of the Pentium II created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 18

19.  AMD fights back with an enhanced K6 to take on the Pentium II: the K6-2  Their K6 chip included what they called “3DNow” technology  3DNow is an additional twenty-two instructions to better handle audio, video, and graphic intensive programs  AMD then releases K6-3 and proves to be a threat to Intel created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 19

20.  1999-Intel responds by coming out with the Pentium III  It had an additional 70 instructions, improving its ability to process advanced imaging, streaming audio, video, & speech recognition programs  One goal of the Pentium III was to enhance the Internet experience created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 20

21.  The Athlon was a new chip from the ground up  It was capable of doing everything the Pentium III could do, but was much cheaper  The Athlon was beating out the Pentium III created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 21

22.  In 2000, Intel decides to launch a two pronged attack against AMD  First, Intel fights for low-end market by introducing the Celeron II  It ranges in speed between 500 and 1100MHz.  It was a stripped down processor with enhanced speed  It was fairly cheap, making it competitive created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 22

23.  Intel also introduces the Pentium IV  It uses four main new technologies: Hyper Pipelined Technology, Rapid Execution Engine, Execution Trace Cache and a 400 MHz system bus  Its major improvement was increased speed, initially starting at 1.5Ghz with ability for expansion  Today it’s reaching upwards to a remarkable 3GHz created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 23

24.  The Pentium IV can now produce high quality video  stream radio and TV quality information across the internet  Render upscale graphics in real-time  Perform several applications simultaneously while connected to the Internet created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 24

25.  As result of Intel’s attack on AMD, Intel is once again dominating the market  AMD’s response to the Celeron II was the Duron, released the same year (2000)  It is a geared down version of the Athlon, but edges out the Celeron created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 25

26.  The Athlon chip was destroying the Pentium III, but now is destined for the graveyard  In response to the Pentium IV, AMD enhanced the Athlon by coming out with the XP series.  Test show that an Athlon XP running 1.4GHz performs nearly as well as a Pentium of 2Ghz  The Athlon XP is a quality chip, but is fading away under the onslaught of the heavy performance of the Pentium IV created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 26

27.  Intel now holds edge over AMD in chip technology  Rumored that AMD is developing a powerhouse chip called the ClawHammer  It is apparently in a testing stage created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 27

28.  Our goal has been to understand the history and details of the competition and their processors between Intel and Amd  Also of importance are Chipsets  Knowing some information on chipsets helps determine an appropriate opinion on Intel & AMD created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 28

29.  A chipset is a group of integrated circuits, sold as one unit, designed to perform one or more related functions  We are focused on chipsets that provide functionality for the CPU  We compared chipsets from both AMD and Intel as well as an outside manufacturer, who makes chipsets for both, VIA. created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 29

30. Chipset  Most advanced chipset for the AMD CPU  Consists of the VT8235 Southbridge and the VT8377 Northbridge. created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 30

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32.  Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 333Mhz  Support for PC 3200 DDR Ram memory @ 400 Mhz  North-South Bridge Link @ 533 Mhz  5 available PCI slots created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 32

33.  Lightening fast memory access: 2.7 Gb/s  AGP @ 8X offers 2.1 Gb/s dedicated speed to 3D graphics  Fast 333 Mhz FSB created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:-gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 33

34.  533 Mhz 8X V-link interface between North and South bridge  USB 2.0  ATA133  6 Channel Audio created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:-gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 34

35.  Gigabyte 7VAXP  Abit AT7 MAX2  ASUS A7V8X  MSI KT4 Ultra  Soyo KT400 Ultra Dragon created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 35

36. Using Soyo’s KT400 Ultra Dragon Motherboard created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:-gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 36

37. Higher number better created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 37

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40.  Consists of the AMD-762 system controller (northbridge) and the AMD-768 peripheral bus controller (southbridge). created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 40 AMD 760 MPX Chipset (Dual Processor)

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42.  Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 266 Mhz per processor (533Mhz)  Support for PC 2100 DDR Ram memory @ 266 Mhz  North-South Bridge Link @ 66 Mhz  Up to 7 available PCI slots created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 42

43.  Two 266 MHz point-to-point AMD system buses  PC 2100 DDR Ram memory @ 266 Mhz  AGP 4X video card support created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 43

44.  Host PCI bus utilizing a 66MHz/64-bit interface. Secondary 33MHz/32-bit PCI bus interface, including PCI bus arbiter with support for up to eight external devices  UDMA 33/66/100 compatible EIDE bus master controller  SMBus controller with one SMBus port created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 44

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46.  Through the AIPC bus, the Processors have direct access to the south bridge  Through the SMBus, the memory has the direct access to the south bridge  Disadvantage of direct access can be potential data conflict created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 46

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48.  Designed for Xeon Processor  2 Main Chips  MCH Memory Controller Hub  Controls the high speed bus  ICH2 I/O controller Hub  Controls the peripheral devices created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 48

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50.  Memory  64 Bit PCI connection  Graphics Accelerators created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 50

51.  RDRAM  Up to 64 devices supported by the Paired mode  Single Channel-pair Mode  Utilizes memory modules ( 4 Gigabytes)  Multiple Channel- pair mode  Utilizes MRH-R to control the expanded capabilities ( 16 Gigabytes of RAM) created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 51

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53.  400 MHz connection to the P64H chip  Allows for a fast connection to a high speed, PCI device  High data transfer rate  High Speed  A pair are bundled in the chipset created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 53

54.  MCH connects to AGP 4X  Connection speed of 1 GB/s  High performance Accelerators supported Does not Support 8X Accelerators created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 54

55.  32 Bit PCI Bus  LAN Controller  I/O module  Keyboard, Mouse, Floppy disk drive, etc  ATA / 100 (IDE standard for Hard Drive)  4 USB Ports created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 55

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57.  Highly Structured  Powered by up to 7 chips  High performance created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 57

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59.  Designed for the Pentium 4 processor  3 Segments in the Bus  North Bridge High speed bus  South Bridge peripheral devices created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 59

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61.  System Bus  400 MHz  Main memory  Connection at 266 MHz  Bottleneck  Accelerated Graphics Controller AGP  4X AGP support created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 61

62.  Controls 32 bit PCI Bus (33 MHz)  Supports up to 6 USB devices  (2.0 Standard)  Hard Drive  IDE (ATA 33 / 66 / 100 )  LAN controller VT6103 created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 62

63.  Several chips available  VT8233  VT8233C  VT8233A  Each with a unique function  Price drops created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 63

64.  Supports Intel Pentium 4 Processor  400MHz (Quad 100) FSB setting  AGP4X graphics  Supports DDR200/266 SDRAM as well as PC100/133 SDRAM  Ultra fast 266MB per second V-Link between North and South Bridge created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 64

65.  AC'97 and MC'97 Audio/Modem  Integrated 3Com 10/100Mb Ethernet Media Access Controller  Support for 2 ATA 33/66/100 interfaces  6 USB ports, UHCI compliant  Advanced power management capabilities  Note Source: (Via P4X266) created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 65

66.  Highly structured  Unique features  LAN, sound, modem integrated  4 GB of Ram  Promises to utilize Intel’s Quad bus pumping technology  Price conscientious created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 66

67.  After serious consideration to:  Chip performance  Reliability  Some research  $50 from Intel’s PR  We conclude that the 860 chipset is the best chipset within this Presentation created by :Gaurav Shrivastava contact:- gaurav9915969367@ymail.com 67

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