Leapfrogging AMD or Not, Intel is Rubbernecking Its Rival

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Spoiler: for various reasons, Moriarty says he held back and never bought the AMD system, although he wanted to. Now, he adds:

Did AMD miss its chance to bury Intel in the world of high performance? AMD's chief Hector Ruiz, in an interview recently with CRN, doesn't sound like it. "In spite of all the hype and hoopla, there is not really such thing that Intel has leapfrogged AMD," Ruiz told us.

Leapfrogging? Maybe yes, maybe no. But rubbernecking? Count that as a "yes."