AMD Gears Up for Future Intel Wars

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- After appearing to have fallen behind in the microprocessor arms race, Advanced Micro Devices(AMD Quote) finally offered a glimpse of its next generation of chips.

The company detailed a pair of new microprocessor cores under development that will position the company to address a broader swath of the electronics market and, AMD hopes, will give it an edge against arch-rival Intel(INTC Quote).

The two chips, code-named Bulldozer and Bobcat, are still a couple of years away from commercial availability. But they represent the most-concrete evidence to date of how AMD intends to leverage its $5.4 billion acquisition of graphics chipmaker ATI to battle Intel going forward. ...