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Answer» Anyone know why a CPU released on April 28, 2008 would have a copyright of 2005? although that was when AMD and iNtel were spending all their time in a court of law... What were they fighting about? I must have missed this case Year 2005 was the lawsuit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_v._Intel Quote AMD launched the lawsuit against its rival Intel, the WORLD's leading microprocessor manufacturer. AMD has claimed that Intel engaged in unfair competition by offering rebates to Japanese PC manufacturers who AGREED to eliminate or LIMIT purchases of MICROPROCESSORS made by AMD or a smaller manufacturer, Transmeta.[1]Thanks for link geek. Didnt think it would have its own wiki of AMD vs INTEL..LOL Quote from: DaveLembke on February 27, 2014, 06:36:48 PM Anyone know why a CPU released on April 28, 2008 would have a copyright of 2005?Because it wasn't released in 2008. That CPU looks to be an Athlon 64, based on googling the first set of numbers. They were released in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64_X2 Not sure why it's not listed in the list of Processors. I think it is showing the release date of the final stepping. Hmm ... interesting with conflicting info between 2 links here. I also own a system with the AMD 4850e 2.5Ghz that I bought brand new in the spring of 2008 and it shows a release date on the wiki of March 5, 2008 and I built this system up with tax refund money that year in late April 2008. Was pretty sure it was a newly released CPU when I bought that dual-core and not just a new in box but 3 year old CPU. This system was put on the wayside as an alt box when I was given the quadcore Athlon II x4 620 2.6Ghz for free from a friend which I immediately swapped out the weaker Sempron x2 2200 ( 2.0Ghz ) on my prior alt slower box to this quadcore to become my primary gaming box, since why run on less for gaming when you have a more powerful system to use. But anyways not really that important I guess, its just a date on a CPU that is site unseen anyways when heatsink applied and no computer problems. I guess the date is in reference to the AMD 64 x2 program that started in 2005/2006 from your link, although time frames are mismatched between the 2 links both at wiki. Thanks for everyones input on this question. |
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