Amd_History

Amd History The Chip Wars: AMD versus Intel The main component to a computer is the processor. The two companies that lead in producing processor chips for computers are Intel and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). These two companies have been competing with each other to get their product to the consumer. Intel has been producing chips the longest and will remain producing for many years to come. The website Computerworld defines a processor as, “A microprocessor is the heart of a modern computer, a chip made up of millions of transistors and other elements organized into specific functional operating units, including arithmetic units, cache memory and memory management, predictive logic and data movement.” A processor is like the brain to a computer. The processor passes instructions received probably via from a keyboard or a mouse and sends the instructions to where they belong. In the website Basics, the webmaster gives an analogy, “if you cut your finger your nerves tell your brain, your brain decides that it hurts and sends back the appropriate response through your nerves to the correct part(s) of your body.” It is like your mouth saying ouch and your finger hurts. In processor, intel, amd, memory, two, stage, instructions, computer, products, data, companies, chips, been, years, transistors, producing, operating, markowitz, made, instruction, ibm, first, chip, brain, back, website, units, through, share, sends, semiconductor, retire, put, program