Replies to post #73309 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[spaarky]

spaarky - Sorry, the chipset dog don't hunt. Much ado about nothing.

...because, what, you say so? There's tons of industry evidence for it.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/12/02/chipset_market_stats_2005/
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/chipsets/display/20050921233556.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/21/intel_chipset_shortage/
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=31316
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20051116A7032.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/26/sis_q4_chipset_surge/
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060407/hong_kong_intel.html?.v=1
http://mic.iii.org.tw/english/report/pop_DocPR.asp?func=press&Doc_sqno=3635
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2006/tc20060118_490868.htm
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Oct/bch20051021032850.htm
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1181/051104easing/
http://www.techbuilder.org/news/172900176
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=29654

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[CombJelly]

"spaarky - Sorry, the chipset dog don't hunt. Much ado about nothing."

Spaarky seems to have forgotten that the chipset shortage started more than a year before the pick up in sales for AMD. In addition, IIRC, the shortage first showed up for notebooks.