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To: fastpathguru who wrote (219446)	12/7/2006 1:52:59 PM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

fpg, it isn't due to any technical reason, which is what the non-business types can't seem to understand. It's due to marketing forces. 1. No one wants to buy a "defective" product, which is what Tri-cores would be instantly identifiable as, because AMD will not fab any perfect 3-core dies to sell alongside them. Selling them as DC parts avoids this problem, because AMD will sell "non-defective" DC parts, too. 2. Not enough segmentation. If AMD were to sell QC, 3-core, and DC parts, things get too crowded. So they'll stick to QC and DC. AMD will still salvage QC parts, but they'll sell them as DC, not fantasy "Tri-cores". I hope this helps.