Zoals je in Intels roadmap al had kunnen lezen is de Pentium4 bij de introductie niet geschikt voor dual systemen. Dit is een opmerkelijke stap en ZDNet laat een aantal specialisten zinnige dingen zeggen over deze beslissing:
"I think it's interesting that Intel spent years trying to position dual-processor solutions as the way to go for workstations, and that's kind of kept other people out of the game, like [Advanced Micro Systems Inc. ]," said Pia Rieppo, a workstations analyst with the Gartner Group. "Now the OEMs have to follow suit with where to position the single-unit Pentium 4 in their product line."
Analyst Nathan Brookwood of Insight 64 agreed. "The way Intel used to differentiate desktops from workstations was that workstations were supposed to be dual-processor capable," Brookwood said. "If Intel's now going to say that single-chip solutions are OK for workstations, then that really opens the door for AMD." [break]Volgens deze twee specialisten zou AMD nu dus mooi in het ontstane gat kunnen springen, want AMD werkt op het moment aan de introductie van een chipset die meerdere Athlons ondersteunt.
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