HP Backs AMD Athlon

From The Register, HP backs AMD’s Athlon in the business PC market:

Athon XP processors are well respected among home users, earning favourable reviews since their introduction in August 1999, but AMD has struggled to make its mark in the corporate sector. HP’s use of Athlon processors in the D315 is the first time one of the big three vendors (Dell, HP and IBM) has used the chip in a business targeted machine, though AMD has secured a number of design wins with smaller PC vendors. […]

I’m really pleased with this latest development. It's long been known that, clock-for-clock, AMD’s chips are faster (and cheaper) than Chipzilla’s, and I’m glad that they’re getting the business they deserve.

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