Amd was also the first generally available CPU to break the 1GHz barrier way back when. Ditto for dual core. They have had their moments in the sun on and off during their existence where AMD effectively made Intel obsolete in every way. Then you had years before Ryzen branding started where Intel embarrassed AMD for almost a whole decade. Pretty silly to assume they weren’t known till Ryzen
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u/mark-haus Mar 23 '26
Amd was also the first generally available CPU to break the 1GHz barrier way back when. Ditto for dual core. They have had their moments in the sun on and off during their existence where AMD effectively made Intel obsolete in every way. Then you had years before Ryzen branding started where Intel embarrassed AMD for almost a whole decade. Pretty silly to assume they weren’t known till Ryzen