[Gizmo]

To the best of my knowledge, what Cad says is substantially correct: AMD will not have 65nM parts in quantity until early next year. Unfortunately, by late next year Intel is supposed to be at 45nM. That means that Intel will continue to enjoy manufacturing cost and performance advantages for the forseeable future.

There is a lot of prognostication and wishful thinking going around saying that AMD is going to pull full scale production and availability of 65nM in to 4th quarter of this year, or possibly even late 3rd quarter; I don't believe it. And from the looks of things, K8L is going to be more of the same, that is evolutionary rather than revolutionary technology.

In short, AMD and Intel are going to stay pretty evenly matched for a while. While a little disappointing for those of us who like to root for the underdog, it is actually a good thing for the buyer because it means that both companies will have to compete hard to get our money.