Comparison essay amd vs intel

Comparison essay amd vs intel

English III

Throughout personal computer history there has been a monopoly on

processors that company is Intel but that is changing by the day.

There is a processor called AMD (advanced micro devices) currently

leading in the silicon race for the fastest processor at an affordable

price. No longer shall Intel lead the market when AMD makes its name

superior.

A CPU is a microprocessor that is generally constructed with millions

of tiny switches called transistors that are imbedded in silicon. The

outer shell is ceramic with gold pins protruding out of the processor

to make a connection with the motherboard. The function of the

processor is to take the data from memory, (a storage device) or an

outside controller like a keyboard, joystick, or scanner. This is

determined in the program by sending messages to the processor in

binary language. Binary language is sent to the processor commanding

the transistors to flip on or off, (on equals one and off equals

zero). The processor is placed on a motherboard with a bus speed of

that to match the processor. This allows the processor to go as fast

as the wires making up the bus can handle. This means the less

resistance in the wire the faster your system can run. The bus is

measured in megahertz (MHz) and is connected to the memory for the

processor to store in memory. The faster the operation can occur the

better the system operates. The CPU has a clock speed that tells you

how many operations can happen in one second. A CPU's clock is found

by multiplying the processor megahertz by 1,000,000. If you have a 500

MHz processor then the operations will equal 500,000,000 per second.

The operation, is the individual commands sent by the program. The

faster the processors bus and clock speed the faster FPU's (floating

point units). This is the mathematical part of the processor. This

allows the binary to work faster.

Now that the processor has been explained. Why is AMD is better? In

the beginning, AMD made CPU's (central processing units) in the second

IBM compatible desktop systems ever developed. There are now three

competitors in the processor race; AMD, Intel, and Transmeta Crusoe.

The relevance of this is that Intel's Processor will still be the most

expensive CPU with no extras. Intel has had problems in the past as

Kam, from the UK says, "It...

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...an AMD Athlon.

Networking is a complicated job with older slower computers; the

Athlon is the key to the networking stability. This makes a network

with minimal problems and high-end data pass through possible. There

is a bottleneck theory that is related to memory and networking. In

memory it is caused by having to slow of memory on to fast of a bus.

This will not happen if the AMD Athlon System has PC133 memory.

Intel had programs made by the monopolization of Microsoft Windows

3.1x, 95x, 98x this made it hard for AMD to compete in the past.

Microsoft Windows 2000 will now incorporate programming made to run

windows faster more reliable and be compiled to run better on the

Athlon systems. With Intel out of the way, on top end networking AMD

can pull into the lead in one more area. Listen to what AMD has to say

about this project. "Microsoft and AMD worked together throughout the

design process to help ensure the combination of floating-point

performance of the AMD Athlon processor and Microsoft's Windows 2000

Professional will provide a reliable and high-performance business

platform that meets the needs of business customers today and well

into the future."