Dell Looking Seriously At AMD

KingFishKingFish
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
Dell Chief Executive Kevin Rollins on Monday gave the most direct indication yet that a deal with Advanced Micro Devices may be on the way, dropping a strong hint that an agreement with the chipmaker was a question of when, not if.
Speaking in Paris at the launch of Dell's first blade server, Rollins commented on reports last week that Dell has been studying the possibility of using AMD chips.

Rollins confirmed that the company has been investigating and testing AMD processors very seriously. "Recently, we have had a much more favorable disposition," Rollins said, "because some of (AMD's) products in high-performance computing are very good and in some cases (are) more advanced than those of Intel. We have looked more closely and more seriously than ever before."
It's about time Dell. -KF

Source: ZDNet

Comments

  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    KingFish wrote:
    It's about time Dell. -KF

    Seriously.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    It was time when the slot athlons came out. better late than never tho I guess.
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    When I last spoke to our Dell Rep. regarding AMD, he looked like Michael Flatley in "Lord of the Dance". (In other words, he tap danced around the issue of AMD).

    Do you think we'll see Dell's Cheapest PC's drop under the $250's?
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Dude... Dell's getting a clue!
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited November 2004
    Well, take a look at the price rally in the recent weeks.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I'm really cynical about this. I bet that Dell is: 1) sending a signal that they would consider AMD if AMD were to offer a sweetheart deal, such as 'Intel Inside' marketing subsidizing or, 2) sending a signal to Intel that Intel must provide better pricepoints to Dell. There's no question with anyone who keeps up with PC tech that AMD is the performance leader (except for mobile). But Chipzilla's warchest of cash reserves is still enormous enough to grant big concessions to Dell if they must.
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