Replies to post #24479 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[Tenchu]

Joe, I appreciate your taking a shot at showing that Intel's costs of CPU production are lower than AMD's.

With all due respect, I think your challenge is unfounded and an attempt to troll Beamer. Which is fine if that's exactly what your intention is, but the reality is that Intel has huge economies of scale on its side, which gives Intel a ton of leeway when it comes to competitive threats.

Tenchu

[Windsock]

Did you decided to troll over here after you got banned from the AMD Strictly Moderated thread for out of bounds conduct ?

[wbmw]

Re: You omitted the question of how a chipset is more expensive to produce than a CPU.

No, I didn't. For the "mentally challenged" individuals who think they can calculate chipset costs by applying the 15-20% margin figure to Intel's $50 high end enthusiast chipset that sells in micro-volumes, consider doing that instead to Intel's $25-30 mainstream chipsets that sell in >10x higher volumes. When you do that and consider the "product mix" and "blended ASP" of Intel's chipset parts, and then figure in the "volume" and "bundle discounts" (all of which I asked you to look up in my last post), you should be calculating the 15-20% margin to a <$30 average chipset price. That gives a chipset cost of ~$25 or less for an MCH + ICH combination, far below Intel's CPU costs.

Re: I take it this is you way of saying "I give up, I was wrong"

Should I take this to mean "I don't have a point, I was just trolling" and I will not be hearing from you any more about how AMD CPUs are more cost effective?