Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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mmoy, Dothan pricing, don't confuse introductory pricing with what Intel can do later. Look at the size and cost of producing the die. What you see is a chip that can be sold at practically whatever price Intel wants. It is under their control when they want to flood the market.

However, the current Dothan is still a laptop processor with mediocre floating point. As a desktop chip it would be a middling performer - better than current Celeron, no comparison with A64. Putting this on the desktop would really be for the high volume market - which means low price.

A dual-core 64-bit Dothan-derivative would be a much different product. I don't think Intel will have this product ready in 2005. In addition to aforementioned dual core & 64-bit they also need to improve the floating point execution.

Anyhow, Dothan is expensive right now because it is unmatched in the slim & light catagory. If AMD fields a competitive chip on 90nm then just watch those prices crash!