Dell "confirmed" for AMD desktops...

[imported_Crusader]

Originally posted by: Henny

Originally posted by: harpoon84
Good news for AMD. They certainly need it after the Conroe hammering.

Anyone know how much this will boost their marketshare?

Good news?? I bet they had to give away the store to get this deal signed.

Dell seems to only care about the low end these days.

That's hardly a win for AMD or Dell. If AMD could sell anywhere else they'd probably have done better.

Not only does selling 3X the chips, at half the profit sound good..

but even if it was 10% profit, to get the AMD nameplate out there that Dell feels its worthy is worth unquantifiable future cash in sales as they gain money, clout and from this: brand recognition.

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: Viditor

Originally posted by: dmens
intel has stopped making cedarmills already, never mind prescotts. i have no idea where you read intel still makes 90nm cpu's.

As Intel just reached the cross-over point (50% 65nm production) on June 22, 2006...
Intel PR
Stopping Cedarmills makes perfect sense (they only have half of their production in 65nm, and it's better served on other products).
This means that the other half is mainly 90nm (i.e. Prescott derivatives)...

Intel uses 90nm to make chipsets and such.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: HopJokey

Originally posted by: Viditor

Originally posted by: dmens
intel has stopped making cedarmills already, never mind prescotts. i have no idea where you read intel still makes 90nm cpu's.

As Intel just reached the cross-over point (50% 65nm production) on June 22, 2006...
Intel PR
Stopping Cedarmills makes perfect sense (they only have half of their production in 65nm, and it's better served on other products).
This means that the other half is mainly 90nm (i.e. Prescott derivatives)...

Intel uses 90nm to make chipsets and such.

From the Intel Press Release...
"The milestone, known as manufacturing ?cross-over,? means that Intel is currently producing more than half of our mobile, desktop and server microprocessors using industry-leading 65nm process technology"

 

[DrMrLordX]

If Intel is still making Prescotts and Smithfields . . . eh nevermind. Seems like a waste of wafers to me. The bloated inventories of P4s and PDs that are now being dumped at discount prices would probably negate most of the benefit of producing more Prescotts/Smithfields, wouldn't they?

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
If Intel is still making Prescotts and Smithfields . . . eh nevermind. Seems like a waste of wafers to me. The bloated inventories of P4s and PDs that are now being dumped at discount prices would probably negate most of the benefit of producing more Prescotts/Smithfields, wouldn't they?

Well from that press release it seems they are now making more then 50% of their microprocessors on 65nm which is good news. Though you got to be reminded that 90nm processor production encompasses Montencito and Dothan as well as Prescott and it's derivatives.

As well 90nm production is already beginning to crossover into making Intel ICH8/965 derived chipsets.

Without actual figures on 90nm production it's hard to say what Intel is doing with 90nm production these days.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
If Intel is still making Prescotts and Smithfields . . . eh nevermind. Seems like a waste of wafers to me. The bloated inventories of P4s and PDs that are now being dumped at discount prices would probably negate most of the benefit of producing more Prescotts/Smithfields, wouldn't they?

You have to remember the wide variety of markets out there...in fact, I believe Intel still manufactures a small number of Piiis as well (for legacy products) just as AMD manufactures legacy products (probably some Durons). Keep in mind that the changeover is less than a year old...