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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 214.25-3.1%Jan 6 3:59 PM EST
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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (40503)5/19/2001 3:58:41 AM
From: Petz of 275872
 
TWY, that $10 cost is only for the silicon die. Testing and packaging probably add $15 minimum.
But the $30 was only a wild guess. If it's $40 they are certainly capable of making a profit on them, although the opportunity cost of using Fab space to make such low-margin items probably means that Intel would be better off without XBox. The only saving grace would be that gameware companies will be optimizing for SSE, but even that is now a non-issue.

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