Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (110293)	5/10/2000 7:03:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583876

Jim, I don't know if you remember but I was really taken back learning that Solano ws only a trumped up i810 and not a 133 MHZ BX chipset...and about it's slow release. THat's what the original plan might have been. I guess Intel planned that 820 would really be the replacement for BX, and 815 would be for low end. The first design of 815 was scrapped, and now we are up to the second design, which really will be a 133 MHz BX. I think Intel's primary objective is to corner the market. But most of the tools to do so have exploded in their face. I wouldn't be surprised if the decision not to license Willy bus also exploded in their face. The same about the recent decision to try to corner the motherboard market, once again (as per the Intel's statement that they plan to ship 80% of motherboards for the Intel chips) Suppose that the primary chipset for Will has err... errata. What will happen to Willy? There has been a lot of bitching about AMD's infrastructure, but compared to Intel, AMD will be very diversified, with chipsets coming from AMD, Via, SiS, Ali, Api, Micron. Compare that to Intel chipsets only from Intel, and Serverworks for the servers. BTW...Louis Burns should be shown the front door... I like him right where he is <g> Joe