Intel is all set to launch its quad-core processors later this year, while AMD is not likely to ship its first quad-core chip until late 2007.
Intel’s president and chief executive Paul Otellini said the company will ship the first lot of its quad-core processors for the server and desktop later this year instead of the planned first quarter 2007 launch.
Intel will combine two of the recently released 64-bit Woodcrest Xeon processors to create the quad-core processor for servers and two of the dual-core Conroe processors, which is expected to be marketed next week, to create a quad-core processor for desktop PCs.
AMD, on the other hand, has maintained that it will use what it describes as a monolithic design to make its quad-core processor, which is scheduled to hit the markets mid-2007.
