Scumbria, >>>Intel's plan is to put AMD out of business, then jack prices back up.
I think that is the furthest from the truth. Intel needs a few competitors they can point to and say, 'what do you mean we are a monopoly, look at them.' This for purposes of defense against the FTC. Next you'll say that big bad Intel made AMD lose money 1Q99 by predatory pricing. I call that just not keeping up on AMD's part (yield, speed bin percentages problems, all admitted by Sanders). WRT carrying Celeron at a loss, with PII, Xeon profits, I think that's BS. It will come out, IMO, that Celeron is profitable on its own.
If AMD can't keep up with a company they just can't match in overall execution, then that's the way it is in a free enterprise place and that's just too bad.
Tony |
