AMD VS INTEL (Dual-Cores)

[virt]

Yeah, I doubt a merger would ever happen, but I remember being shocked at hearing AMD/ATi merged.  It seemed like a good thing at the time, but rumors lately have said they're trying to get rid of ATi.

On a second note, Nehalem is catching a lot've buzz, especially with it being hailed the successor to the Core technology.  30% decrease in power usage for the same amount of power as a Core processor - or better yet, 10% more consumption power for 20-30% the output?  Integrated graphics processing?  From some of the previews I've read, it sounds almost too good to be true.

[Modious]

I'm sure the integrated graphics processing is to only help the GPU, its no videocard replacement.

[virt]

With 8 cores and that much power all in the processor?  I doubt it, especially combined with Intel's integrated video/graphics support in their current motherboards.  While I doubt as well that them combined that it'd fully out rule the need for a fully-seperate graphics controller, I think they're on to something.

It's obvious they're trying to move in on nVidia and ATi's territory with this kind of tech.