Heat Shielded Athlon XP's AMD copies Intel?

[wallie_x]

AMD Board has news of a new heat shielded Athlon XP showing up across the big blue lagoon. HERE (http://www.amdboard.com/hn08190201.html) Is it an attempt to confuse the populace by making Athlon XP's look like a P4? Is AMD trying to muddy the waters further by an equivalent heat dissipation rating?
Nah, both CPU makers copy from one anothers play books. But also, I think AMD is paying more attention to what is said about them by people like us. And again, while at the same time trying to lay the 'Cooks in Seconds' w/o HSF argument to rest. Keep up the rant machine boys, its working!

[Ape0r]

Never heard of anything like that for the Athlon XP, and if they are doing it, it is due to the fragile core - far too many AMD chips have died during heatsink installs.

The Hammer will have a very heavy duty aluminum cover over the processor, more for preventing newbs from cracking processors while installing heatsinks than for heat disappation, although the heat aspect is a plus.