I remember reading (on NYTimes I think)
that Intel really is starting a price war with AMD.
What's important is that chip prices are
dictated by GHz, not by how fast it
really is. So if Intel releases
a 1.7 GHz chip for $400 dollars, they have
set a maximum price limit for AMD's CPUs
which run at a lower clock frequency.
AMD must then drop the price on their
1.4 GHz chips to $(400-X) since consumers
will not pay more
for a lower GHz chip. End result, Intel can
maintain a marginally higher profit margin on
their 1.7 GHz chip while AMD's profit margin is
severely eroded.
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Uhm, no.
I think Koreas income tax rate is something like
10-15% (versus 33% of US).
Don't think there is a sales tax either.
I remember reading (on NYTimes I think)
that Intel really is starting a price war with AMD.
What's important is that chip prices are
dictated by GHz, not by how fast it
really is. So if Intel releases
a 1.7 GHz chip for $400 dollars, they have
set a maximum price limit for AMD's CPUs
which run at a lower clock frequency.
AMD must then drop the price on their
1.4 GHz chips to $(400-X) since consumers
will not pay more
for a lower GHz chip. End result, Intel can
maintain a marginally higher profit margin on
their 1.7 GHz chip while AMD's profit margin is
severely eroded.
Great List. I would also add PERL in its
own category.
Also Emacs - and the concept of imbedding
an operating system in a text editor 8).