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This is the *big* test for AMD
From the story: "These dual-core chips also sell at a
premium price. The 4800+ will sell for $1,001 in quantities
of 1,000 while the 4600+ will go for $803... The competing
Pentium D chips from Intel, released last week, sell for
between $241 and $530 in 1,000-unit quantities.

"'Intel says they are going to flex their marketing muscle to
bring stuff to the market cheaply,' [AMD product marketing
manager Jonathan] Seckler said. 'We are going to appeal to
people who appreciate the performance benefits.'"

So this is the moment AMD has been waiting for. That their
chips out-perform Intel's is well known in technology
circles, and AMD will finally try to enforce a price premium
for that performance. I suppose that if they can't sell them
at the higher price, they can quietly lower the price to move
the inventory. So it isn't an all-or-nothing gamble.

My hats off to them for making it this far. I'm sure they've
dreamed of this day since releasing the first Athlon, and
they're finally here.

And I hope the strategy works, because an more financially
stable AMD can compete better with Intel. I just hope it
doesn't work too well, because dependency on large
margins can make one too fat and happy (just ask Intel).
Posted by: bidemytime   Posted on: 05/30/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This is the *big* test for AMD  bidemytime | 05/30/05
This is revolution in Processors world  navdeep21 | 05/30/05
Great chip less heat.  jimk_z | 05/30/05
RE: Great chip less heat.  thetruth_z | 05/31/05
Where AMD went right...  nucrash | 05/31/05
Moore's Law is dead  Roger Ramjet | 05/31/05
You should learn Moore's law  nucrash | 05/31/05
I'm not sure about that....Moore actually said...  el1jones | 05/31/05
Bad information above.  gordon@... | 05/31/05
Correction  bobiroc | 05/31/05
more law  pesky_z | 05/31/05
Uhh point of contention here  Linux User 147560 | 05/31/05
Well....  nucrash | 05/31/05
The real news is IBM's Cell CPU  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/31/05
Not really.. it's another variant of the PowerPC  thetruth_z | 05/31/05
Sorry but no...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/31/05
Why the Cell will replace the PC  nucrash | 05/31/05
Couple corrections.  ShadeTree | 05/31/05
Yes, no and sort of.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/31/05
IBM already does the x86 handoff, well sort of...  nucrash | 05/31/05
Won't hurt MS at all...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/31/05
Considering the way they waste resources now....  nucrash | 05/31/05
Why does it matter?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/31/05
Internal buses & memory is NOT new!!  thetruth_z | 05/31/05
I suggest you do some reading....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/31/05
AMD already did this!  zeusfuse | 05/31/05

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