Back in August, AMD, keen to show off its dual-core processors, challenged Intel to a dual-core duel. The idea was to benchmark a commercially available AMD dual-core processor against the equivalent dual-core Intel offering. Regular benchmarks, public testing, and a clear winner (perhaps?)
There's only one snag, Intel hasn't risen to the challenge. Perhaps they see AMD's challenge as a game rather than anything serios, or maybe they're scared? That's not for us to say, but AMD remains keen to get them to take part.
This month's AMD Opteron Solutions newsletter has yet another dig at Intel, stating that "time is getting short for Intel to accept our challenge to a live dual-core duel before the end of 2005." Handbags at 10 paces, folks!
Even more hilarious is the
Will they eventually accept? Why haven't they? We can only speculate, but that's all the more fun!
Update
It seems that while we were unwilling to speculate why Intel won't rise to the challenge, and thought we'd leave it to your imaginations, AMD has put together a think-tank and come up with some reasons of its own. In a PDF issued on the duel website you can find the top 10 reasons for Intel's non-participation. Some of our favourites are:
10. Tried to follow their own roadmap to get to the duel.
4. They couldn't get a permit from the fire department to emit that much heat.
2. Dell told them they weren't allowed to participate.
And finally the top reason, according to AMD:
1. Moore's Law has been replaced by "Paul's Paradox": the number of canceled products per year at Intel will double every year after the introduction of the AMD Opteron™processor.
Oh, you witty fiends, AMD!
