AMD’s Bulldozer Fails To Meet Expectations

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The Intel-AMD war has been going on a long time, and I hope it will be going on longer. The last few years have been hard on the underdog, however, with huge growth by Intel in both the low-power and high-performance sectors. The Core 2 Duos excelled, as did the Core i* series, and its most recent consumer series, the Sandy Bridge update to the i*s, is a monster. AMD has consistently lagged behind, though from the other side of the table you might say they've been nipping at Intel's heels quite effectively for years.Bulldozer was supposed to be the platform that finally brought them up to speed, but it's been delayed for a long time, and now it's launching to less than stellar reviews.]]>