AMD's "Frantic Price Cuts" May Pressure Intel

kog777 writes in with news of a Needham analyst report alerting their clients to a possible price war between AMD and Intel. Analyst Y. Edwin Mok notes that AMD has cut its prices three times in three weeks. He says that Dell has been playing off the two chipmakers against one another to drive costs down. He suggests that bargain-hunting clients avoid both AMD and Intel stock for now. As an aside, Mok notes that so far Vista is not causing a spike in demand for chips. This story hasn't been picked up very widely; other coverage is at Seeking Alpha.

It seems the author is still using his P1

[antifoidulus]

shares of AMD rose 3.17 percent, or 46 cents, to $3.17

Maybe he should check his math processor :P

Re:It seems the author is still using his P1

[eviloverlordx]

Maybe he should check his math processor :P

Wouldn't that be 3.1699999999999999999 then?

A plea to Dell

[jeffmeden]

Please, mr dell, start a price war between RAM manufacturers next! I live in perpetual obsolescence thanks to the dramatic cost of DDR and DDR2! Won't someone think of the child processes!

Re:ITs great!

[AK Marc]

"I had $5000 worth of computer stuff laying around, and for only $150 more, I made a fast computer. Therefore, fast computers only cost $150!"

Re:It is not the CPU for Vista

[sBox]

At my company we are waiting to see which executive demands Vista first on his laptop because "it runs fine at home." Imagine running Vista on a laptop bound by 512MB-1GB RAM, a 2.xGhz proc, a 5400RPM harddrive with Pointsec encryption and SAV real-time virus protection. Why not just paint an image of a desktop on the LCD--you'll see the same results with the OS.