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Intel Shipped 1 Billionth Computer Chip

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-a-lotta-silicon dept.

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.

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  1. Grats to them by Xenius · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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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  2. Re:The article never really said it... by temojen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Probably a microcontroller. Most of the manufacturers make way more of those than any other type.

  3. AMD Helped Intel with Sales by WC+as+Kato · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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    1. Re:AMD Helped Intel with Sales by toddestan · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Actually, while Intel does have a firm hold of the high end chips, AMD is still killing them in the lower end chips. If you want the fastest computer around, get Intel. But for everyone else, who is looking for the biggest bang for their buck, is buying AMD.

    2. Re:AMD Helped Intel with Sales by Loki_1929 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      " AMD gave them a run during the 1GHz era but Intel is now ahead of the competition."

      I'm sure you don't mean to imply that Intel is far out front of AMD, right? I mean, every bench I see puts the AthlonXP 3000+ pretty close to the P4 @ ~3GHz. The newest P4 on the 800MHz FSB pulls ahead slightly more, but then you have to look at the AthlonXP 3200+ on the 400MHz FSB, which is due out soon and competes quite well with it. There's no doubt that Intel has the performance crown right now, but AMD is most certainly not far behind them. Quite impressive when you consider that the K7 chips were competing with the first PIIIs, and are now in good competition with the latest and greatest P4s.

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  4. Re:AMD effect ... by tempmpi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

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  5. Moores law by mozkill · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ok, so does this mean it will take half as long to get to the 2 billionth computer chip?

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  6. Uh huh by Glock27 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    they estimate that they will hit 2 billion by only 2007.

    Unless AMD64 takes off, that is...

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  7. What chips are they counting? by Cruel+Angel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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  8. Re:AMD effect ... by Loki_1929 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "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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  9. Bubba asks about the /. Culture by Arbogast_II · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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"...

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  10. just remember by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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.

  11. Re:Intel Processor Production follows the equation by pork_spies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    on average you are being ripped off by about $20.86
    Isn't this what is known as profit?