Intel's new notebook chips
I get this thing in my email that sends news of companies you keep track of, and I recieved this:
"INTEL CORP is expected to introduce four new chips for laptop computers Monday,
with the fastest version running at 366 megahertz. The Santa Clara, Calif. chip giant
should introduce two new chips in the high-performance Pentium II family that run at
333 megahertz and 366 megahertz. Intel will also release two new laptop chips in its
economy line, Celeron, which run at 266 megahertz and 300 megahertz. Intel's closest
rival, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, released two new chips for laptops Jan. 13.
The AMD K6-2 processors run at 266, 300 and 333 megahertz and have a top price of
$299. In contrast, the Intel offerings will have a wider price range. Intel's new Celerons
for laptops are expected to cost between $100 and $200, while the highest-performing
Pentium II will cost in the neighborhood of $700, said Nathan Brookwood, principal of
Insight 64, a consulting firm in Saratoga, Calif. (Dow Jones) "
If the PII PE costs around $700, and If AMD keeps their policy of 25% less than Intel, the higher MHz notebook K6-3s should sell for about $525. Although the volume won't be very high for these K6-3s, the money generated from them will be outstanding. Imagine this, If AMD only sells 100,000 of these in Q2, it will be the equivalent of selling 525,000 K6-2s at $100. |
