Spotlight: AMD Inside? Underdog’s New Chip Aims at Intel
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The underdog of the semiconductor industry is about to nip at the heels of the pack leader. Sunnyvale-based Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today will introduce a next-generation microprocessor it hopes will wrestle a piece of the market from Intel Corp. Analysts say the new K6 chip compares well against Intel’s Pentium Pro processors in performance and price. But no one, including AMD, thinks it will threaten Intel’s dominance. Intel holds 85% of the microprocessor market.
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