AMD Dual Cores Coming

AMD would appear to be getting their product to market in a big way. This means that for the upcoming "Back To School" computer season, there should be plenty of dual core chips to choose from, both AMD and Intel flavors.

There seems to be a clear preference for AMD products in ordering. Orders have already been passed and shipments have already been made for the 4200+, 4400+, 4600+ and 4800+. The resellers whom I have spoken to have confirmed that there might be some restrictions on quantity in the beginning but that availability would improve depending on demand. Chris from Scan said that it would be one of the first to stock the AMD parts while Dabs and some others are a little more enthusiastic about AMD than Intel. But the mama of all distributors or at least one of the largest, Ingram Micro told us that they have ordered quite a lot of Pentium D 820 parts and that they will stock all the Intel Dual Core SKUs - 820, 830, 840 and 840EE. We have also got confirmation from sources outside the company that IM is going to start selling AMD parts in UK by the end of July.