Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[imho]

Combjelly,

The AMD poster suggested historically higher prices, prior to competition from AMD, as proof Intel would not drop prices. I disregarded what he said based on my opinion that new technologies are inherently more expensive when they are first developed due to volumes and initial costs, not because Intel wanted to keep prices artificially high.

The $100 or so Intel was selling 8080s to Altair for is about $375 in todays dollars.

Are you saying this is artificially high? If so, see my response above. The $100 8080 was under $10 a few years later. Prices dropped and it was a profitable business. What is your point?

Competition may accelerate the drop in prices, but it is not the only reason prices go down. Manufacturing advances and smaller geometries are major factors, especially with regards to profitability. Here’s a clue; respond to the above, not preach to me about history.

You don't have the slighest clue about the history of the industry, do you?

I don’t need to. Your history lesson was a waste, “professor.”

BTW, this is my last post on the subject, so your final opinion will become fact.
Also, I use the term “professor” because of your reference to me as a “student”

IMHO