Replies to post #55087 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[wbmw]

Re: It must be a nuisance for AMD and distributors alike to maintain so many SKUs in a narrow price band.

And I only bothered to include the most recent parts. Many of these vendors still have a lot of legacy skus in stock, too.

By the way, did you notice the 2.8GHz Windsor 5400+ part for $99? OEMs must be dumping their excess 90nm inventory. The problem is that Newegg has it labeled as a 65nm part, but one person wrote a review saying that this is mislabeled, and in fact is only a 90nm part. This seems to make sense, in light of the 2.7GHz 5200+ being priced at $15 more.

Speaking of which, it looks like AMD's highest priced Brisbane part is now only $115. This won't get much better next quarter, even if they do manage to get speeds up to 2.9GHz. I imagine AMD will be pricing their tri-cores in the $120-180 range. Pretty gruesome for a 284mm^2 part....

[Golfbum]

i counted 25 amd skus vs 16 intel.

looks like amd still is shipping old steppings that have little differentiation. and most of their skus are painfully cheap.

i wonder if those distis have price protection even at those prices or if amd has cleared inventory at those price points with no return priveleges?

gb

[smooth2o]

I agree. Intel should reduce the number of skus, with lesser skus, AMD would have a harder time positioning product.

Smooth