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Intel Shipped 1 Billionth Computer Chip
murat submitted linkage to a simple little story that proclaims that Intel has recently shipped
it's One Billionth Chip. Quite an impressive accomplishment... it took them 25 years to reach the billions, but they estimate that they will hit 2 billion by only 2007.
Intel is to be applauded for advancing the computer industry!
HenryJamesFeltus.com
I suppose congrats are in order for Intel. Wonder if AMD will ever reach one billion? The real question is....when are they releasing the 3.2Ghz and some price cuts to go along with it?
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Probably a microcontroller. Most of the manufacturers make way more of those than any other type.
That's a slight bit of propaganda. That would make the average person (note average person not a /. reader) think that they have shipped 1 billion CPUs. That's graphic chips, CPU's, et al. It also is a combination of ALL the units they have bought out like Chips & Technologies (80,000 PowerBook Duos used their graphic chips before the Intel buyout) It also accounts for their USB controller chips etc etc. This is propaganda to show that Intel is in everything so you might as well buy Intel based stuff for " compatibility & to keep up with the Jones' " They know that no other chip producer could even come close to this total, so it's a marketing ploy to even let this information leak to any type of press. Nothing wrong with that, but it 's just as any other statistic, skewed to say whatever the hand in the sock puppet wants it to say.
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AMD gave them a run during the 1GHz era but Intel is now ahead of the competition. I'm sure that the competition helped Intel reach this billion mark faster than it would have without competition. AMD with its once faster and cheaper chips helped lower the prices of Intel chips.
Competition is good for the consumer. Let's see what happens with Intel's prices now that there're on top.
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They had already hit the 2 billion by now if AMD hadn't appeared in the scene as it has.
Why ? AMD hasn't shipped a billion x86 chips yet, so even combined they wouldn't have shipped two billion chips yet. And without competition from AMD their CPUs would still be a lot more expensive and a bit slower, not exactly something that lets you sell more CPUs.
Jan
ok, so does this mean it will take half as long to get to the 2 billionth computer chip?
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Unless AMD64 takes off, that is...
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If I recall, in the 486, and possibly 386 days, didn't AMD manufacture over 20% of Intel's processors? I'm sure in the big picture it wasn't all that many, but how arbitrary is this 1 billion?
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"They had already hit the 2 billion by now if AMD hadn't appeared in the scene as it has."
x86 wouldn't be the dominant chip without AMD. Intel never would have landed the life-giving government contracts without AMD, as government regulations regarding purchasing required that a backup distributor be available with compatible products in case the primary distributor fell on hard times. Intel should be thanking AMD wholeheartedly for their help in securing x86's, and of course, Intel's future as market leaders.
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Am I imagining it, or is it socially unacceptable to say good things about the "Powers That Be" in the IT industry in certain /. circles???
Now, I have bought many AMD powered PCs, use Linux alot for getting work done, but think Windows is excellent (MS may be dirty dealing, but that's beside my point), and you gotta be blind not to realize Intel has made a gazillion excellent chips, even if like myself, you chose cheaper alternatives.
It just seems like there are some creepy "Thought Police" types around here anytime something positive is said about corporations like Intel and MS..
PS, I buy AMD and VIA CPU's cause they are cheap and work, not cause Intel "sux"...
HenryJamesFeltus.com
It isn't Intel that proclaimed they have reached their 1 billionth chip, it is Mercury Research that made the claim. Additionally, it isn't Intel that estimates they will reach 2 billion by 2007, it is again Mercury Research that makes the estimate. Until Intel comes out and says they have (which I think would be a milestone that they would proclaim quite loudly), I'm a little skeptical. Additionally, shipping one billion chips has nothing to do with Moore's law, only with good marketing :)
Even if all those cpus were operational and in computers - that would only be one for every sixth person in the world.... that scares me.
Blah-blah half-the-world-has-yet-to-make-a-phone-call: I know poverty is something you can easily ignore, and that (asides from being offtopic, or is it?) it probably gets brought up in the wrong way by people with good intentions try to change your mind. I hope this will be a little different.
In addition to our computers, we have a telephony system upon which to network those computers. In addition to that we have the technical power to create new systems of operation on top of these raw systems for our enjoyment (pr0n, mp3s etc...) and for our communication (emails, IM/IRC)... It struck me just a moment ago that so many people volunteer their time to GNU stuff, community stuff. I thank you for this...but.
But perhaps we should also consider the social networks in which we are nodes, networks of trade, cultural networks, networks of humanity. Perhaps you should shut off your screen for a moment, and do something good for those networks not just this one.
meh, I dunno "Stuff that matters". Think about it.
i read the article. a little to close and critically i might guess.
was the 4004 a microprocessor for personal computers? did it come out in 1978? no it came out in 1971 and it was "for the Japanese company Busicom to create a single chip for a calculator" . the 8080 wasn't a microprocessor for personal computers either and it also didn't come out in 1978. what was intel's first microprocessor for personal computers that came out in 1978?
so, yes, your facts were right that intel had microprocessor's prior to the 8086, but the article author was also right on target with their wording.
on average you are being ripped off by about $20.86
Isn't this what is known as profit?