Intel and AMD head to head at Computex

Giant CPUs and big plans There was a bit more of a showdown between AMD and Intel this year as AMD has got new products to put up against Intel in addition to a compelling argument. So compelling in fact, that it looks like Intel has jiggered their roadmap to answer AMD’s claim that Intel has gotten a little fat and lazy with products for the data center. Intel lugged out its 18-core X-Series chip to answer AMD’s Threadripper, with a mere 16-cores. After so many keynotes where chips get tinier and tinier to the point CEO’s are holding them