Replies to post #65480 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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or like intel trying to spend $25 bln or so to buy a company to get a credible CPU design

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You..

One other thing; perhaps DELL bought the distributor for the sole purpose of gaining access to AMD parts?

Me..

Well just why would Dell need a distributor, if in fact they bought one? Dell is big enough that the manufacturs come to them. So what is it that DELL might need that it cannot get directly itself?