Originally posted by: Duvie
Originally posted by: Furen
Originally posted by: Duvie
Well then drop it to 1.6ghz or get the dual core semprons out...
That POS 805 at a pathetic 2.66ghz and 533fsb is getting huge sales showing there is a market for low speed dual cores....
The POS 805 is also lowering Intel's margins, X2s are expensive to make and AMD is still capacity limited so making a huge high-demand part doesn't make much sense.
BUt remember...Intel is effectively using this to push dual cores into mainstream....If AMD could do that as welll and get rid of most of the single core line, capacity could be there...
I know many gamers would not like that, but the more dual cores are mainstream the more programmers will make their apps SMP aware....
I see your point, but I think they are moving away from a segment of users they normally had and the price points they usually had....
The thing is Intel is using the Pentium D 805 to move extra Smithfield inventory now that the Presler is out and they can use that for the bulk of thier sales. Intel wants to clear the way for things based on Core Architecture.
AMD is already shifting production to Dual Core, look at the Socket AM2, lineup only 2 models of Athlon 64 are Single Core, everything else is Dual Core if you include the FX 62 that makes for 8 Dual Cores vs 2 Single Cores at the normal energy models.
Of course they are moving away from the lower price segments, AMD is a corporation too that intends to make money, moving to the higher margin segments when you don't have great amounts of capacity like Intel does is a wise move.
From the looks of things Celerons and Semprons will remain Single Core for quite a while.
I bet your looking at mainstream transition to Quad Core before we see a Sempron Dual Core.
Pushing Dual Core has been Intels emphasis for the past while, and they have the massive capacity to do such a feat. Look at AMD most of their Dual Cores are close to double the equivalent Single Core, while for Intel now, with the Presler price drops a Single Core cost 85-90% as much as the equivalent Dual Core.
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