Maybe? Maybe they'll die out or something. But here is an article of interest from my good friend The Inquirer: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28199

Nah, AMD will always rule! No matter how many transistors Intel have.

amd will be the best performer for ever!

Actually, when did Intel have the performance crown?

intel had there day when the forced evryone to use there 32bit system but they tock to long to make 64bbit and so amd got to 64bit before them and now intel will have to follow them untill 128bit is made which is going to be a very very long time coming

I think that Transmeta make a 128-bit chip, something like Efficeon, and another mode. They are made to be energy efficient, but they are not very powerful.
Desktop performance 128-bit processors might be around in the next 10 years :P

Intel are clearly loosing there grip on the market - I've seen AMD in Comet PCs now. And Intel are having to push adverts for all their technology.

I think I may have seen a PC World advert on TV advertising an AMD64 machine ... I was liek "OMFG", my girlfriend got jealous because I messed my pants.

LOL, WTF?

Anybody changed their mind on this one yet? What with Intel's Conroe, Merom and Woodcrest just around the corner (Conroe to be released July 23rd 2006 under the brand name of Intel Core 2 Duo)

I've changed my mind :P

But now that AMD have dropped their prices, it seems that they are getting ready for socket 4X4 -- 4 cores for the price of less than one Conroe XE.

... But Komplett have the Conroe XE on sale for ?665 inc. VAT.