Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Not a Short]

He talks about the dual core chips being more expensive. I love the triple cheeseburger effect.

When the K7 first came out I was buying K6III+ laptop parts and putting them in socket 7 desktop motherboards. I don't remember prices but I still have that combo running WinXP upstairs and that PC sees daily use (100+ mhz fsb and PC133 ram it is almost like an early athlon).

When the K8 was first released I was buying athlon 1700+ chips and putting them in SDRAM mbs. I'm talking <$50 cpu and $50 mb. This was within a year of when you could by 128MB SDRAM for $10 if you looked hard enough.

When I redid my dads machine recently (think Feb 05) I bought a socket 939 board and an Athlon 64. I'm talking $125+ for the cpu and $125+ for the MB.

Will the dual core chips raise the ASP enough to entice me or anyone else to buy a $200+ processor instead of a $100+ processor?

I won't be buying dual core any time soon (though my dad might get jumpy and get one giving me a sweet 64 bit hand me down). But at some point I'll jump and move my main PC up to a 64 bit Athlon of some sort (most likely socket 939).

I see a trend in my own personal spending. I'm willing to pay more for PC parts now than I was in the past. AMD is gaining ground on ASP.

The question is what will the ASP be come fall? You know when the back to school/pre christmas stocking occurs...