Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Ixse]

Smooth, Viiv will start with DC Netburst P4 as cpu, I think at least till Conroe. Sure it can still be popular. Just needs to be subsidized a bit heavier than any Intel x86 cpu ever before. Not inconceivable.

Just to put it in perspective: There was e.g. an expensive marketing campaign to get Centrino started, but at least it offered one very compelling feature in low power (besides nice performance). This was especially compelling ofcourse because of lack of competition regarding this feature. Now DC Netburst P4 has no such feature. It will perform significantly below X2 for most of the year (until at least Conroe). This doesn't mean that it won't sell, just that it's unlikely to be a hype or live up to become Centrino-like brand name.

Don't you think that it's logical that this lack of differentiation will show in the sales numbers?

Regards,

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