AMD launches new generation chip to compete with Intel

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Monday introduced its next-generation microchip, codenamed Barcelona, in its long-awaited bid to regain ground lost to larger rival Intel Corp .

AMD's customers such as Dell Inc. , Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are already shipping computer systems using the AMD Barcelona chip and the chipmaker has already booked revenue from the new semiconductor.
Intel, AMD's rival, has regained ground it lost to its smaller rival in the last two years as it introduced its own new chips with what it calls a quad-core design, a chip that has four central processing engines.