Dell Inc. remains open to using computer chips from AMD as an alternative to those of its current sole supplier, Intel Corp., but customers would have to demand it, the chief executive of the No. 1 personal computer maker said on Thursday.
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
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Source: Reuters
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