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AMD Dual-Core Prices Justified?
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 05/22/2005 03:27 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
CoolTechZone posted a column about the AMD Dual-Core Prices
After my column "Is AMD the Next Intel?" I received more than a few
e-mails from concerned readers stating that it was time for AMD to
generate revenue for their fabrication facilities, and how it was
beneficial to the chipmaker to have high price tags on their dual-core
chips. I think I may have been unclear in my previous column, but
basically, I wrote that column from a buyer's perspective. You would
never want to pay more than you have to, would you? And considering that
we are talking about the enthusiast community, value is a very important
proposition. In this very community, people purchase lower-clocked
microprocessors on purpose just so they can overclock it in the end,
thereby increasing the value per dollar. When you consider that
intention, I think majority of you will agree that value is what will
really help AMD in this community. In fact, shouldn't value be the
keyword in all product purchases. With that said, AMD is in a unique
position this time around, which could certainly help them
strategically.
e-mails from concerned readers stating that it was time for AMD to
generate revenue for their fabrication facilities, and how it was
beneficial to the chipmaker to have high price tags on their dual-core
chips. I think I may have been unclear in my previous column, but
basically, I wrote that column from a buyer's perspective. You would
never want to pay more than you have to, would you? And considering that
we are talking about the enthusiast community, value is a very important
proposition. In this very community, people purchase lower-clocked
microprocessors on purpose just so they can overclock it in the end,
thereby increasing the value per dollar. When you consider that
intention, I think majority of you will agree that value is what will
really help AMD in this community. In fact, shouldn't value be the
keyword in all product purchases. With that said, AMD is in a unique
position this time around, which could certainly help them
strategically.
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