System Bus Speed

Hi,

(I searched the forums and didn't find anything regarding "system bus", so I'm creating a thread for it.)

In searching laptops over the past couple of weeks, I've noticed that most of the Intel boards have either 533mhz or 800mhz System Bus, while the AMD models I've seen are running a 1600mhz system bus. The number alone look as if they cannot be compared, but has Intel found a way to meet AMD's bus speeds?

According to http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processor [...] 11,00.html, a chart says that AMD System Bus Technology (Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile's) are "up to 1600mhz, full duplex" where Intel is "800MHz Front Side Bus Half duplex". Am I not understanding something here or is AMD simply on their "A-Game" and out performing Intel?

Thanks

Thanks for the reply.

From your reply and chart link, I can see that Intel is winning the race in CPU power.

I want to talk about duplexes for a minute.

Regarding my quote from earlier: [According to http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processor [...] 11,00.html, a chart says that AMD System Bus Technology (Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile's) are "up to 1600mhz, full duplex" where Intel is "800MHz Front Side Bus Half duplex".]

Even though CPU speeds have different numeric systems from AMD to Intel, they have got to be using the same method regarding duplex terminology, don't they? If so, then wouldn't "full" be better than "half"?

What am I not grasping here?

Thanks

P.s. there will be plenty of more questions to follow i'm sure.

Kickin' I'll head over there.

Thanks