vs AMD

By Carrie Pipkin: Introduction and History Ramiro Bolanos : Intel and VIA chipsets Dan Hepp: VIA and AMD chipsets, Conclusion

11 Part 1: Comparative History

 Generally Intel has been the dominant producer of chips  AMD has proven to be a fierce competitor  Competition stimulated the industry by producing new and innovative  In the mid nineties Intel begins to face true competition 22 Comparative History ƛƛ8028680286 chip

 1980ƞs1980ƞs--IntelIntel was the only true producer of marketable computer chips  19821982--introduceintroduce 80286  286 was able to run software of its prior microprocessor

33 Comparative History ƛƛ8028680286 chip

 Within 6 years, 15 million 286ƞs are installed around the world

 Intel contracts third party companies to produce 286ƞs and variants

 AMD was one of these third party companies

 AMD became very efficient and capable of being its own producer of microprocessors

44 Comparative History ƛƛ386386 chip

 1985, Intel releases its 3232--bitbit 386 microprocessor.  Faster and capable of multitasking  AMD, under licensed production, produces 386 chips allowing Intel to meet market demands

55 Comparative History ƛƛ386386 chip

 During the reign of the 386, AMD decides to produce its own CPU.  19871987--AMDAMD began legal arbitration over rights to produce their own chips.  After 5 years of battle, the courts sided with AMD.

66 Comparative History --486486 chip

 19891989--IntelIntel releases its 486DX.  Allowed point and clicking  Initially twice as fast as its predecessor.  Intel continued to upgrade to speeds reaching 66MHz.

77 Comparative History --Am386Am386 chip

 19911991--AMDAMD released  Intelƞs 486 released two years prior  AMD believed there still existed a market  By October, AMD sold one million units

88 Comparative History --Am486Am486 chip

 19931993--AMDAMD releases first competing chip:  19941994--AMDAMD improves chip with Am486DX  Am486DX processes up to 100MHz

99 Comparative History --PentiumPentium

 1993, Intel realizes it cannot trademark numbers Ơx86.ơ  This allows AMD the ability to essentially clone Intelƞs chips  Intelƞs solution: dubs its new chip the instead of releasing it as the Ơ586ơ Comparative History --PentiumPentium  Handles and processes more media types such as speech, sound , and photographic images.

 It Offered multiple processing speeds up to 200MHz.

 It became well entrenched in the market

 During this time, Intel truly dominated Comparative History --Am5x86Am5x86

 19951995--AMDƞsAMDƞs first attempt to compete with the Pentium by introducing  It was reallyfor those who wanted to upgrade their 486 without making a jump to the Pentium  AMD did not fare well with this chip Comparative History --AMDAMD K5  19961996--K5K5 introduced

 First chip comparable to the Pentium

 Could be placed in the same motherboard as the Pentium, making it compatible

 Because it was released 3 years after the Pentium, it was met with cool reception Comparative History --PentiumPentium Pro

 In the previous year, Intel released the  Able to handle more instructions per clock cycle  Intelƞs ability to get a new chip on the market before AMD has had the effect of overshadowing any of AMDƞs microprocessors Comparative History --AMDAMD K6

 19961996--AMDAMD purchases the company NexGen who were making a microprocessor of their own  AMD uses their core 686 processor to develop the AMD K6  Additionally, they slap on Intelƞs MMX code making it compatible with . Comparative History --AMDAMD K6

 K6 was released in 1997 and reached speeds of 166Mhz to 200Mhz

 K6 was significantly cheaper than the Pentium

 K6 was able to move up to speeds as high as 300MHz, out performing the Pentiums

 Intel was ready for the challenge Comparative History --PentiumPentium II

 Later than year, Intel unveils the Pentium II

 It was equipped with MMX instructions, ready to handle video, audio, and graphics data

 Better capable of handling video editing, sending media via the Internet, and reprocessing music

 By 1998, the Pentium began to climb in processing speeds up to 450 MHz. Comparative History --TheThe

 K6 was doing well as a cost effective alternative to the Pentium II, although it was an inferior chip  In response, in 1998, Intel introduced its own cheaper and inferiror microprocessor: the Celeron  It was a stripped down version of the Pentium II Comparative History --AMDƞsAMDƞs K6--22K6

 AMD fights back with an enhanced K6 to take on the Pentium II: the K6K6--22

 Their K6 chip included what they called Ơ3DNowơ technology

 3DNow is an additional twentytwenty--twotwo instructions to better handle audio, video, and graphic intensive programs

 AMD then releases K6K6--33 and proves to be a threat toto Intel Comparative History --PentiumPentium III

 19991999--IntelIntel responds by coming out with the Pentium III  It had an additional 70 instructions, improving its ability to process advanced imaging, streaming audio, video, & speech recognition programs  One goal of the Pentium III was to enhance the Internet experience Comparative History --thethe

 The Athlon was a new chip from the ground up  It was capable of doing everything the Pentium III could do, but was much cheaper  The Athlon was beating out the Pentium III Comparative History --CeleronCeleron II  In 2000, Intel decides to launch a two pronged attack against AMD

 First, Intel fights for lowlow--endend market by introducing the Celeron II

 It ranges in speed between 500 and 1100MHz.

 It was a stripped down processor with enhanced speed

 It was fairly cheap, making it competitive Comparative History --PentiumPentium IV

 Intel also introduces the Pentium IV

 It uses four main new technologies: Hyper Pipelined Technology, Rapid Execution Engine, Execution Trace Cache and a 400 MHz system

 Its major improvement was increased speed, initially starting at 1.5Ghz with ability for expansion

 Today itƞs reaching upwards to a remarkable 3GHz Comparative History --PentiumPentium IV

 The Pentium IV can now produce high quality video  stream radio and TV quality information across the internet  Render upscale graphics in realreal--timetime  Perform several applications simultaneously while connected to the Internet Comparative History --thethe

 As result of Intelƞs attack on AMD, Intel is once again dominating the market  AMDƞs response to the Celeron II was the Duron, released the same year (2000)  It is a geared down version of the Athlon, but edges out the Celeron Comparative History --AthlonAthlon XP  The Athlon chip was destroying the Pentium III, but now is destined for the graveyard

 In response to the Pentium IV, AMD enhanced the Athlon by coming out with the XP series.

 Test show that an Athlon XP running 1.4GHz performs nearly as well as a Pentium of 2Ghz

 The Athlon XP is a quality chip, but is fading away under the onslaught of the heavy performance of the Pentium IV Comparative History --thethe ClawHammer

 Intel now holds edge over AMD in chip technology  Rumored that AMD is developing a powerhouse chip called the ClawHammer  It is apparently in a testing stage Chipsets

 Our goal has been to understand the history and details of the competition and their processors between Intel and Amd  Also of importance are Chipsets  Knowing some information on chipsets helps determine an appropriate opinion on Intel & AMD Chipsets

 A chipset is a group of integrated circuits, sold as one unit, designed to perform one or more related functions  We are focused on chipsets that provide functionality for the CPU  We compared chipsets from both AMD and Intel as well as an outside manufacturer, who makes chipsets for both, VIA. Chipset

 Most advanced chipset for the AMD CPU  Consists of the VT8235 Southbridge and the VT8377 Northbridge.

Main Features of KT400

 Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 333Mhz  Support for PC 3200 DDR Ram memory @ 400 Mhz  NorthNorth--SouthSouth Bridge Link @ 533 Mhz  5 available PCI slots KT400 VT8377 Features

 Lightening fast memory access: 2.7 Gb/s  AGP @ 8X offers 2.1 Gb/s dedicated speed to 3D graphics  Fast 333 Mhz FSB KT400 VT8235 Features

 533 Mhz 8X VV--linklink interface between North and South bridge  USB 2.0  ATA133  6 Channel Audio Few Popular Motherboards using the KT400

 Gigabyte 7VAXP  Abit AT7 MAX2  ASUS A7V8X  MSI KT4 Ultra  Soyo KT400 Ultra Dragon Performance Measurements AMD (using KT400) vs. Pentium

Using Soyoƞs KT400 Ultra Dragon Motherboard Higher number better Higher number better Higher number better AMD 760 MPX Chipset (Dual Processor)

 Consists of the AMDAMD--762762 system controller (northbridge) and the AMDAMD--768768 peripheral bus controller (southbridge).

Main features of AMD 760MPX

 Front Side Bus (FSB) up to 266 Mhz per processor (533Mhz)  Support for PC 2100 DDR Ram memory @ 266 Mhz  NorthNorth--SouthSouth Bridge Link @ 66 Mhz  Up to 7 available PCI slots Features of AMD 760MPX 762 System Controller

 Two 266 MHz pointpoint--toto--pointpoint AMD system buses  PC 2100 DDR Ram memory @ 266 Mhz  AGP 4X video card support Features of AMD 760MPX 768 Peripheral Bus Controller

 Host PCI bus utilizing a 66MHz/6466MHz/64--bitbit interface. Secondary 33MHz/3233MHz/32--bitbit PCI bus interface, including PCI bus arbiter with support for up to eight external devices  UDMA 33/66/100 compatible EIDE bus master controller  SMBus controller with one SMBus port

Advantages of the AIPC and the SMBus Bus

 Through the AIPC bus, the Processors have direct access to the south bridge  Through the SMBus, the memory has the direct access to the south bridge  Disadvantage of direct access can be potential data conflict The 860 Chipset Structure

 Designed for Processor

 2 Main Chips

 MCH Hub  Controls the high speed bus

 ICH2 I/O controller Hub  Controls the peripheral devices Over view of 860 chipset High Speed Bus

 Memory

 64 Bit PCI connection

 Graphics Accelerators Memory Configuration

 RDRAM  Up to 64 devices supported by the Paired mode  Single ChannelChannel--pairpair Mode  Utilizes memory modules ( 4 Gigabytes)  Multiple ChannelChannel--pairpair mode  Utilizes MRHMRH--RR to control the expanded capabilities ( 16 Gigabytes of RAM) Block Diagram 64 bit PCI Support

 400 MHz connection to the P64H chip  Allows for a fast connection to a high speed, PCI device

 High data transfer rate

 High Speed

 A pair are bundled in the chipset Graphics Accelerator

 MCH connects to AGP 4X

 Connection speed of 1 GB/s

 High performance Accelerators supported

 Does not Support 8X Accelerators ICH2 Peripherals Bus

 32 Bit PCI Bus  LAN Controller  I/O module  Keyboard, Mouse, Floppy disk drive, etc  ATA / 100 (IDE standard for Hard Drive)  4 USB Ports Features and Benefits Feature Benefit

Supports two Intel Xeon Processors with NetBurst and hyper-Threading teconlogy 512 KB L2 chacke for dual-processing server platforms

400 MHz System Bus Capability Balances the system bus band withd with the memory

Intel Hub Architecture with option P64H Dual 64-bit 66 MHz I/O segments for fast drive access and high speed networks

AGP 4X 1 GB/s of Graphics bandwidth allows high performance Graphics

MRH-R (RDRAM Based repeater Hub) Extends RDRAM memory capacities and increases System scalability Dual RDRAM channels Maximum memory performance(3.2 GB/s or 400MHz)

Prefetch Cache System concurrency so that simultaneous process do not impact system performance

Dual USB Controllers Enhanced plug and play with four full band width USB ports

Note source (Intel 860 Chipset) Overview 860 chipset

 Highly Structured

 Powered by up to 7 chips

 High performance

Apollo Chipset

 Designed for the processor

 3 Segments in the Bus

 North Bridge High speed bus

 South Bridge peripheral devices Block Diagram North Bridge

 System Bus  400 MHz

 Main memory  Connection at 266 MHz

 Bottleneck

 Accelerated Graphics Controller AGP  4X AGP support South Bridge

 Controls 32 bit PCI Bus (33 MHz)

 Supports up to 6 USB devices  (2.0 Standard)  Hard Drive  IDE (ATA 33 / 66 / 100 )

 LAN controller VT6103 South Bridge (contƞd)

 Several chips available  VT8233  VT8233C  VT8233A

 Each with a unique function

 Price drops Features  Supports Intel Pentium 4 Processor

 400MHz (Quad 100) FSB setting

 AGP4X graphics

 Supports DDR200/266 SDRAM as well as PC100/133 SDRAM

 Ultra fast 266MB per second VV--LinkLink between North and South Bridge Features (contƞd)  AC'97 and MC'97 Audio/Modem

 Integrated 3Com 10/100Mb Ethernet Media Access Controller  Support for 2 ATA 33/66/100 interfaces

 6 USB ports, UHCI compliant

 Advanced power management capabilities

 Note Source: (Via P4X266) Overview

 Highly structured

 Unique features  LAN, sound, modem integrated

 4 GB of Ram

 Promises to utilize Intelƞs Quad bus pumping technology

 Price conscientious Professional Opinion

 After serious consideration to:  Chip performance  Reliability  Some research  $50 from Intelƞs PR

 We conclude that the

860 chipset is the best chipset within this Presentation Thank You