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To: eracer who wrote (212784)	10/6/2006 3:17:35 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

re: On the other hand the some of the most knowledgeable people covering the x86 hardware industry apparently were kept in the dark about Socket-F in 4x4 even though AMD has been rather active in pushing the 4x4 concept. Why is this an issue? Don't you think AMD can make socket F chips as cheaply as AM2 chips, or nearly so? I would doubt that the silicon inside a socket F Opteron is any different that the CPU chip inside an Athlon 64 X2. It is a marketing decision, not a technical one, for AMD to decide how low down the price curve Socket F chips for 4x4 will be sold. Petz