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Analysts Predict Dell to Use AMD

Posted by Zonk on from the grain-of-salt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNet reports on an analyst's prediction that Dell will begin using AMD chips, instead of their much-touted Intel processors." From the article: "Dell likely will reverse course and begin selling computers with Advanced Micro Devices' processors, Piper Jaffray analyst Les Santiago predicted Tuesday, sending the chipmaker's stock up 4 percent in midday trading."

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  1. Dear Lord, No! by gbulmash · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Please, no.

    Dell has become a poster child for crappy customer service. Do AMD fans want Dell dragging AMD's good name down with them? I'd prefer that Dell self-destruct on their own without pulling AMD into their vortex of suckage.

    - Greg

    --
    Start a happiness pandemic
    1. Re:Dear Lord, No! by SchrodingersRoot · · Score: 4, Interesting

      At a minimum, don't you think that AMD processors would improve the reliability of Dell computers, while enabling (note that I did not say causing) lower prices? Especially in the low-end computing arena (i.e. Celeron processors)?

      And since most of us who use/recommend AMD processors now would know that any continued problems with Dells are not, in fact, due to AMD processors...

      Assuming AMD continues in the path they've been making, I would see this as a good thing.

  2. Re:Just a trick by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, but this time it is different because Dell is getting creamed in server space by HP Opteron boxen. Nobody wants Xeon.

    If Dell does ship AMD stuff I'd bet it is servers, not laptops or desktops.

  3. A reaction to Apple's no "Intel Inside" sticker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Seems til today (macworld) Dell always had the sweetest sweethart deal from Intel; but when Jobs gets to announce that they're exempt from Intel's branding campaing - and God (Jobs) knows what other concessions Intel had to give Steve to win them from IBM, I bet Dell is pretty pissed.

    It'll be fun to see the new wars brewing between the big PC players - Dell & Intel using Linux against Microsoft. Dell & AMD using AMD against Intel. t. Microsoft using IBM (Xbox) against Intel. Intel&Apple using MacOS against Microsoft. The computing industry's starting to get fun again.

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  5. Re:AMD lags in on-chip cache capacity by mrm677 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They'd have to because cache is their remedy for FSB memory latency issues. AMD has the better answer with the integrated memory controller.

    Your integrated memory controller reduces DRAM latency, but it is NOT the answer to smaller caches!

    And it isn't entirely clear that on-chip memory controllers are the way to go. For one thing, a northbridge allows the pin bandwidth to be used for both DRAM accesses and inter-chip sharing communication.

    But Intel probably hasn't switched to on-chip memory controllers because of the uncertainty in DRAM markets and standards. Intel's volume is huge compared to AMD and by integrated an on-chip controller for a particular interface, they are placing a lot of eggs in one basket.