Intel vs AMD

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Intel vs AMD
By Carrie Pipkin Introduction and History Ramiro
Bolanos Intel and VIA chipsets Dan Hepp VIA
and AMD chipsets, Conclusion

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Part 1 Comparative History

• 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

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Comparative History 80286 chip

• 1980s-Intel was the only true producer of
  marketable computer chips
• 1982-introduce 80286
• 286 was able to run software of its prior
  microprocessor

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Comparative History 80286 chip

• Within 6 years, 15 million 286s are installed
  around the world
• Intel contracts third party companies to produce
  286s and variants
• AMD was one of these third party companies
• AMD became very efficient and capable of being
  its own producer of microprocessors

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Comparative History 386 chip

• 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

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Comparative History 386 chip

• 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.

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Comparative History -486 chip

• 1989-Intel releases its 486DX.
• Allowed point and clicking
• Initially twice as fast as its predecessor.
• Intel continued to upgrade to speeds reaching
  66MHz.

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Comparative History -Am386 chip

• 1991-AMD released Am386
• Intels 486 released two years prior
• AMD believed there still existed a market
• By October, AMD sold one million units

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Comparative History -Am486 chip

• 1993-AMD releases first competing chip Am486
• 1994-AMD improves chip with Am486DX
• Am486DX processes up to 100MHz

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Comparative History -Pentium

• 1993, Intel realizes it cannot trademark numbers
  x86.
• This allows AMD the ability to essentially clone
  Intels chips
• Intels solution dubs its new chip the Pentium
  instead of releasing it as the 586

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Comparative History -Pentium

• 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

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Comparative History -Am5x86

• 1995- AMDs 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

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Comparative History -AMD K5

• 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

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Comparative History -Pentium Pro

• In the previous year, Intel released the Pentium
  Pro
• Able to handle more instructions per clock cycle
• Intels ability to get a new chip on the market
  before AMD has had the effect of overshadowing
  any of AMDs microprocessors

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Comparative History -AMD K6

• 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 Intels MMX code
  making it compatible with Pentiums.

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Comparative History -AMD K6

• 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

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Comparative History -Pentium II

• 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.

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Comparative History -The Celeron

• 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

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Comparative History -AMDs K6-2

• 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

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Comparative History -Pentium III

• 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

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Comparative History -the Athlon

• 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

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Comparative History -Celeron II

• 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

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Comparative History -Pentium IV

• 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 its reaching upwards to a remarkable 3GHz

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Comparative History -Pentium IV

• 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

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Comparative History -the Duron

• As result of Intels attack on AMD, Intel is once
  again dominating the market
• AMDs 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

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Comparative History -Athlon XP

• 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

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Comparative History -the ClawHammer

• 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

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Chipsets

• 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

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Chipsets

• 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.

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• Chipset
• Most advanced chipset for the AMD CPU
• Consists of the VT8235 Southbridge and the VT8377
  Northbridge.

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Main Features of KT400

• Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 333Mhz
• Support for PC 3200 DDR Ram memory _at_ 400 Mhz
• North-South Bridge Link _at_ 533 Mhz
• 5 available PCI slots

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KT400 VT8377 Features

• Lightening fast memory access 2.7 Gb/s
• AGP _at_ 8X offers 2.1 Gb/s dedicated speed to 3D
  graphics
• Fast 333 Mhz FSB

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KT400 VT8235 Features

• 533 Mhz 8X V-link interface between North and
  South bridge
• USB 2.0
• ATA133
• 6 Channel Audio

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Few Popular Motherboards using the KT400

• Gigabyte 7VAXP
• Abit AT7 MAX2
• ASUS A7V8X
• MSI KT4 Ultra
• Soyo KT400 Ultra Dragon

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Performance Measurements AMD (using KT400) vs.
Pentium

• Using Soyos KT400 Ultra Dragon Motherboard

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Higher number better
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Higher number better
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Higher number better
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AMD 760 MPX Chipset (Dual Processor)

• Consists of the AMD-762 system controller
  (northbridge) and the AMD-768 peripheral bus
  controller (southbridge).

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Main features of AMD 760MPX

• Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 266 Mhz per processor
  (533Mhz)
• Support for PC 2100 DDR Ram memory _at_ 266 Mhz
• North-South Bridge Link _at_ 66 Mhz
• Up to 7 available PCI slots

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Features of AMD 760MPX 762 System Controller

• Two 266 MHz point-to-point AMD system buses
• PC 2100 DDR Ram memory _at_ 266 Mhz
• AGP 4X video card support

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Features of AMD 760MPX 768 Peripheral Bus
Controller

• 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

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Advantages of the AIPC and the SMBus Bus

• 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

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The 860 Chipset
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Structure

• 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

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Over view of 860 chipset
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High Speed Bus

• Memory
• 64 Bit PCI connection
• Graphics Accelerators

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Memory Configuration

• 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)

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Block Diagram
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64 bit PCI Support

• 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

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Graphics Accelerator

• MCH connects to AGP 4X
• Connection speed of 1 GB/s
• High performance Accelerators supported
• Does not Support 8X Accelerators

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ICH2 Peripherals Bus

• 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

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Features and Benefits
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Overview 860 chipset

• Highly Structured
• Powered by up to 7 chips
• High performance

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Apollo Chipset

• Designed for the Pentium 4 processor
• 3 Segments in the Bus
• North Bridge High speed bus
• South Bridge peripheral devices

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Block Diagram
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North Bridge

• System Bus
• 400 MHz
• Main memory
• Connection at 266 MHz
• Bottleneck
• Accelerated Graphics Controller AGP
• 4X AGP support

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South Bridge

• 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

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South Bridge (contd)

• Several chips available
• VT8233
• VT8233C
• VT8233A
• Each with a unique function
• Price drops

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Features

• 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

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Features (contd)

• 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)

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Overview

• Highly structured
• Unique features
• LAN, sound, modem integrated
• 4 GB of Ram
• Promises to utilize Intels Quad bus pumping
  technology
• Price conscientious

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Professional Opinion

• After serious consideration to
• Chip performance
• Reliability
• Some research
• 50 from Intels PR
• We conclude that the
• 860 chipset is the best chipset within this
  Presentation

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Thank You