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blackleopard92 said:because they don't need it. Their memory bandwidth is very high due to the fact they have the memory controller on Die itself.
intel needs cache to match memory bandwidth of AMD.
I don't think so. Intel's FSB runs at 1GHz and moreover, it's microarchitecture is too good that they need not stress on having extra cache. It's just that Intel is constantly increasing processor cache generation-by-generation and AMD never ever did that. Even before on-die memory controller (days of pentium2's and3's), Intel had the cache advantage. AMD always keeps the cache to a basic level just to keep the price low.
AFAIK, Intel never compromised on pricing. Their pricing is high when compared to AMD's. This is the reason why they take the liberty of adding more cache to squeeze more from their microprocessor.