AMD counters Conroe with '4x4,' power programs

Advanced Micro Devices has some plans to counter its arch-rival Intel. AMD's dual-core Athlon 64 X2 chip was widely reported to be slower than Intel's new Core 2 Duo chip in several reviews last week, but AMD says details of its follow-up chip with four cores will be announced soon. Meanwhile, they're planning an eight-core chip for next year, along with new lows in power requirements. Prices will be dropped--but not to past levels, they added. 

For more on the new chip:
- see this PC Magazine article

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