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To: TechieGuy-alt who wrote (155207)	4/7/2005 3:07:19 PM
From: Rink	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 275872

Dell remains open to AMD ..."We are still looking at AMD; they have fairly good technology," Rollins said in response to a reporter's question at a press conference that took place at the conclusion of Dell's annual analysts' meeting for Wall Street and news media. But Rollins said that any decision to make AMD its second supplier of microprocessor chips, which function as the brains of PCs, would be complicated by the sweeping changes required for related components inside Dell PCs. The changes would drive up initial production costs, meaning that Dell would only turn to AMD if customers demanded it start using AMD chips and not just Intel's. "While we would never say 'never', the economies would have to be compelling, and customers would have to demand it," Rollins said. Rollins was then asked if limitations on AMD's current manufacturing capacity were a factor in Dell's decision-making. The Dell executive said that AMD might have trouble meeting additional demand for high-volume PC products, but not necessarily for chips used in high-end PC servers. (Additional reporting by Dan Sorid in San Francisco) ... Story now appearing all over the web. The above's from Reuters: biz.yahoo.com Regards, Rink