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.

Technology Stocks : AMD:News, Press Releases and Information Only! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mike C who wrote (4741)	3/5/1998 2:18:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

Re: "the world begins to realize high profit processors are for finite element analysis and orbital mechanics and not for Doom or MS Word (status symbols aside)." Actually, I think processor speed is important for gaming. A fast FPU is critical for performance in cutting edge games like Quake II, etc. I TOTALLY agree that you don't need a PII-333 for word processing and spreadsheets. I used to run fairly complicated option and swap models on a 486 at Merrill Lynch and it did just fine--a little slow, but a Pentium 200 has more than enough power. Of course the more complex stuff I did on a Sun and sometimes a Cray. If you want to do finite element analysis and orbital mechanics, you probably aren't using a Pentium anything. You are using Unix and a more modern processor (RISC-based). Intel's shortfall is due to a too-aggressive pricing strategy. They shot themselves in the foot and the shareholders are paying for it. The irony is that they slashed prices in order to protect a market share that hasn't needed protection, because AMD has failed to yield the K6 in volume anyway! Intel sets the prices for processors, like it or not, so it (not competition) responsible for its own falling ASPs. Intel could have skipped a price cut and we'd all be richer for it. In any case, Intel is a great company and I'm sure tomorrow will be a good buying opportunity for those looking to get in, and a small downward blip on the radar screen for those who are in for the long term. Kevin