AMD To Close Plants, Lay off 2300, Lose Gateway

cdrudge writes: "According to this article on CNN, AMD will be closing 2 plants in Austin, TX and also their operations in Penang, Malaysia due to slack demand. 2300 jobs will be cut in the process. The same article mentions Gateway dropping it's 'Select' line of computers. Their 'Select' line of computers were Gateway's only AMD-based systems. A Gateway spokesperson said 'We're consolidating all of our offering behind Intel, which was the biggest part of our mix already.'"

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Not to sound like a nay-sayer...

[Rev.LoveJoy]

But with the power glut that's become the norm of a 'household' PC and the general economic slow down of late, news like this strikes me as making sense...

However, the line about Intel "aggressively pricing" their P4's is just so much CNN tripe. A quick look at Sharkey's Extreme Weekly CPU prices shows this to be BS.

(hint: top of the line AMD - 100 bucks, Intel -- 500 bucks)

- Cheers
- RLJ

Re:This doesn't mean anything!

[b0r1s]

the ability to overclock a chip says nothing for the quality of that chip .... i've never seen anyone throw away a processor out of a sun box because it couldnt be overclocked... besides, nobody overclocks in real situations, as it's known to cause computational errors. So, go ahead, buy your cheap $50 durons, and coverclock them to your heart's delight, but realize that that is NOT how businesses who buy systems operate, and what works in your house doesnt work for large companies.