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Athlons Sold Out

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the uh-oh dept.

smeng58 writes: "If haven't got your Athlon yet, you may have to wait. This article found on CNNfn states AMD has sold out their production of the Athlon for the second quarter. Looks like AMD has capacity problems, or a lot of people are choosing AMD over Intel."

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  1. Shouldn't we consider this a "good" thing? by Majorachre · · Score: 5

    Though certainly market analysts and financial planners are taken aback at this kind of thing. Loss of profit due to underproduction is never a good thing. Consider that AMD's ability to make money is essentially now shut down until they are caught up with demand. This also can lead to price increase which hurts the end-user and can also lead computer companies to choose Intel over AMD as they don't suffer from these problems.
    All things considered however, this means that AMD has strongly underforecasted its ability to advertise, sell, gain market share. We should be quite pleased to see that the only true Intel competitor is even more successful than it thought it ever would be. My congratulations go out to AMD for their success - it can only help out consumers in the long run.

  2. sold out wholesale, not retail by swinge · · Score: 5

    they sold 'em all at the factory... this means they're in the pipeline and in the shops. It means there might be some spot shortages or delays, but you'll still be able to find them.

  3. A matter of interpretation? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5

    I think what this _really_ means is that the full
    PROJECTED RUN of Athlons for Q2 is already
    spoken for - NOT that they aren't producing any
    more until Q3 (that wouldn't make any sense).

    I work for an online computer equipment retailer
    and we have no shortage, and don't foresee any
    for awhile (and trust me, we'd know better than
    CNN if an AMD chip shortage was about to hit!).

    Keep in mind what Obi-Wan told Luke about certain
    things being true, "...from a certain point of
    view." :)

  4. There is a difference by GauteL · · Score: 5

    AMD is short because it is just sold out.
    Intel is sold out because it can't produce
    what it has promised.

    Think about it.
    Intel releases a 1GHz PIII a few days after
    the release of the 1GHz Athlon
    Yet, AMD releases the 900 and 950 MHz at the same
    time, because the 1GHz is no abnormal stretch for them.
    Intel on the other hand, only releases the 1GHz PIII, with a gap from 800MHz to 1000MHz..
    Why? Obviously, they really can't provide a 1GHz CPU.. they only "pretend" to, by taking incredibly
    good production CPUs (1 in a thousand), to market
    as 1GHz to keep up with AMD. They can't really
    provide them in mass production, and so they
    just now release the 833 and 866 MHz cpu's.
    Who is better off? AMD who has underestimated their sales, or Intel who just isn't able to provide what the market is asking, even if they try their best?