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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.
No, I included value to mainstream 915P and 915G parts as well. The prices were $37 and $41.
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.
First, I calculated $30 and slightly higher on the costs of mainstream parts (that is the cost based on your formula), and you also claimed CPU cost is also $30. Your claim that the cost of a chipset and a CPU are roughly the same is, frankly, laughable.
My claim is that Intel CPU costs are roughly $38 and chipsets are no higher than low $20s. Others can judge for themselves which set of numbers is believable.
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?
Cost effective? I am not sure what you mean. To a buyer? Certainly across server and desktop segments and in low end of the notebook market. You could convince me of the cost effectiveness of DC Yonah for some specific needs.
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