Re: As for Athlon, tell me what "upside" surprises it has shown lately...
Tenchusatsu,
They actually made a bunch of Athlons, and they are available. Given that a new chipset was needed, and a new motherboard to go along with it, I don't think even AMD really expected the whole Athlon thing to work :-)
But - it did!
As far as 750+ parts are concerned, I think AMD is just letting that big question mark hang out there to goad Intel into making hurry up and ship it mistakes - and their strategy has been working like a charm, so far.
>>>>>can you point me to articles which talk about the details of the lawsuit?
theregister.co.uk
.....In July, Intel filed suit against VIA in the US. That case is still unresolved A former senior employee of VIA Technologies, who did not wish to be named, described Intel's legal tactics as "harassment".
Intel would not comment on the case yesterday.
Staff in FIC's marketing department seemed bemused by the unexpected action. The US company had not contacted FIC about the suit, marketing specialist Annie Tsai said.
Instead, FIC had learned of the action from an Internet news site......
......Lee described Intel's motivation for its action against FIC and Everex as a "marketing issue."
Intel's newest chipset, the 820, had "big problems" relating to its use of a new type of memory, Lee said. He contrasted this with VIA's "successful" introduction and mass production of its latest chipset.
"Currently I think Intel's chipset group faces a big challenge because VIA is quite successful in promoting the new generation chipset. So I think it's more a kind of marketing strategy to try to impact our customers. To stop our momentum."
Regards,
Dan |
