For AMD, the chips just keep on coming
C|Net | at | by Mike
Advanced Micro Devices trotted out a new 1.2GHz Duron processor Thursday, its second value chip debut of the week. The chip is AMD's latest processor option for low-price desktop PCs. It comes closely after AMD's 1.1GHz Duron, which launched Oct. 1.
The 1.2GHz Duron matches rival Intel's recently introduced 1.2GHz Celeron in clock speed. However, AMD says its chip's performance outpaces both the 1.2GHz Celeron and certain low-end Intel Pentium 4 chips, when paired with DDR SDRAM (double data rate synchronous dynamic RAM) in a PC.