*Review: PC Perspective (
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=expert&aid=483)*
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Today marks one of the most pivotal days in AMD's recent history -- the launch of their new desktop core architecture to replace the ever-lasting and ever-loved Athlon 64 core. Since 2003, the on-die memory controller and 64-bit addressing have made AMD a dominant player in the CPU world and not just a footnote in Intel's resume. Recent months have been hard on the Athlon 64 though as Intel's Core 2 series of processors are powerful and power efficient leaving the aging architecture from AMD's past behind.
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