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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 214.87-0.1%3:59 PM EST

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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (67460)1/9/2002 2:49:49 PM
From: peter_lucRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
Tenchusatsu,

"When was Intel's mission ever to "crush AMD"?"

I - and probably many others - remember very well the days when Intel suddenly slashed the prices of the Celeron A and thereby almost drove AMD out of the business. If the Athlon had not been ready just in time, AMD would not exist today.

The slashing of the prices of the Celeron A did also quite some damage to Intel itself because many people knew that the Celeron A was almost as fast as the Pentium II flagship. Therefore, Intel sacrificed a lot of Pentium II sales and freely accepted lower overall margins.

I think that it was apparent at that time that Intel's main (or even only) goal was to "crush AMD". That's the reason why I fear Intel a lot because they could easily try to do the same again as soon as they will have another opportunity.

Maybe the *extreme* slashing of the Pentium IV prices last year had the same intention. And Intel may have succeeded if AMD had not invented the QuantiSpeed rating.

Peter
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