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Typical AMD mindset: If we build more chips at a faster rate, we automatically gain market share!

Sounds like AMD execs have been vacationing with the Enron and Author Anderson guys again!

Sounds to me like someone here was snoozing through Economics 101...

If you have a hot product that people want, but you can only produce a limited quantity, the price for said unit will be higher - simply because market forces will drive up the price. If you can raise the quantity you can produce, then the prices for said commodity will drop simply because there's more to go around.

Lower prices -> more interest -> more people buying -> more market share.

Secondly... If you read the article, you might have noted that AMD's new facility will be working on 300 mm wafers. Their old facilities use 200 mm wafers. Also, the new facility will be working with a smaller die - 65 nm instead of 90 nm - which means they can squeeze even MORE chips onto one wafer of silicon. And when production goes to 45 nm dies, that number will go up even higher.

This is called EFFICENCY. Efficency also translates to lower costs per unit - which leads us back to lower prices -> more interest -> more people buying -> more market share.

And for the record: It's ARTHUR Anderson - not Author.
Posted by: Wolfie2K3   Posted on: 10/14/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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High quality report, accurate information  sharikou | 10/14/05
I agree 100%. nt  LoCal | 10/14/05
Good Story...  bugcrash_z | 10/14/05
Did we really expect less of AMD?  shrimpburger | 10/14/05
Did we really expect less of AMD?  shrimpburger | 10/14/05
Great story  Henaway | 10/14/05
10.0 for the quality of the journalism, like to see more like this! nt  LoCal | 10/14/05
AMD or Intel?  LoCal | 10/14/05
Time to switch back!  zappattazz@... | 10/14/05
More MHz does not mean better.  The King's Servant | 10/14/05
Thanks for pointing that out.  LoCal | 10/17/05
Now we can break free of INTEL's mafia control  sharikou | 10/14/05
How do you gain market share by building bigger plant?  zappattazz@... | 10/14/05
Building Market Share...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/14/05
Something you would have learned if you ...  zappattazz@... | 10/17/05
Something you would have learned if you ...  zappattazz@... | 10/18/05
Re: Something you would have learned if you...  jbroche18 | 10/24/05
Thats because its not a singleton event, it happens continuously  jmills@... | 10/25/05
It's not just bigger. It's different.  daver_z | 10/18/05
Another thing...  daver_z | 10/18/05
How do you gain market share by building bigger plant?  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 10/18/05
Message has been deleted.  Reverend MacFellow | 10/14/05
You must have opened your big mouth over there.  osreinstall | 10/14/05
RE: You must have opened your big mouth over there.  richdave | 10/24/05
Ugly Language...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/14/05
Doesn't sound like the Germany...  dsentman@... | 10/15/05
Intel website  robinbare | 10/14/05
I suppose one could argue that...  dsentman@... | 10/15/05
SPIN?? Check the URL  ShauNotDeaD | 10/14/05
ROFL..  Wolfie2K3 | 10/14/05
I applaud "this story for being straight facts and no spin"  LoCal | 10/17/05
What does this mean to the "End User"?  wiskyjon | 10/14/05
I'd like my next purchase to be a ...  dsentman@... | 10/15/05
This is a 2CPU 4 core desktop  sharikou | 10/16/05
A vote for news....  s_gamgee | 10/15/05
exactly (nt)  LoCal | 10/17/05
Good for AMD, but...  dsentman@... | 10/15/05
if DOJ can ask INTEL to be fairer  sharikou | 10/16/05
Why Germany?  blackshole | 10/17/05
Tax incentives from the State of Saxony  osreinstall | 10/17/05
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