AMD and Intel Chip Dates
According to a news post on The Inquirer, AMD and Intel are both looking to unveil their "fastest CPU evar" in January. On January 7 Intel will release the 2.2Ghz Pentium 4, and right around that time AMD will be releasing their 2000+ Athlon XP.
From The Chatty
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But of course, the AMD chip will be faster than the higher clocked Intel chip. Except in Quake3 where it counts