AMD launches new 8-core FX-series processors, drops prices on high-end chips

While Intel was announcing a high-end unlocked 8-core CPU based on its Haswell architecture last week, AMD was briefing the press on new unlocked octa-core CPUs of its own. But AMD isn't making head-to-head performance comparisons between its latest FX-series processors and Intel's top-shelf parts. AMD is competing on price, pitting its best CPUs against Intel's second- and third-tier processors: the Core i5 and Core i3 series. AMD announced three brand-new 8-core processors today--the 4GHz FX-8...