Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will take on Intel’s dual-core desktop Smithfield processor by introducing a dual-core counter version, codenamed Toledo, in the third quarter of this year, according to market sources.

A number of vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Fujitsu Siemens, Sony and Gateway, have decided to incorporate the Toledo in their desktops, the sources noted.

AMD is now entering the competition with both single and dual-core desktop processors, and the company will continue in 2006 with a dual-core processor codenamed Windsor, to counter Intel’s Presler, the sources noted.

However, Intel may dominate the dual-core notebook CPU segment by introducing six versions of its dual-core Yohan processors in the first quarter of 2006, the sources said, adding that the Yonah CPUs are likely to be marketed under the X20, X30, X38 (low voltage), X40, X48 (low voltage) and X50 designations, with the first letter of the model name to be decided later.

From DigiTimes