BAD HARDWARE WEEK

Intel CEO Otellini 'incredibly disappointed' by Dell's AMD decision.
"While this is an incredibly disappointing announcement," writes Otellini, "it is not totally surprising.
Eh,oh. However, AMD's sufficiently unexpected strike from back must hurt a lot. Please, note the following part in the Otellini's memo:
We exist inside of an extremely competitive industry and we have always had to work hard to win every piece of ."

Seems that after many years, Intel only now became aware of that fact !? .

Following last week's announcement that Dell will buy servers using AMD processors, today's Chinese-language Apple Daily is reporting that Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) will produce high-end servers that use AMD Opteron dual-core processors for Dell, with the products expected to launch before year-end. The report also estimated that the order would account for only 10-20% of Dell's overall server shipments. Badhardware notes that is still far below AMD's server world average of 30%, but anything is better than nothing.

OK, let me conclude. AMD could hurt even more. Up to 50% server market. Here is one of the proofs:
Chartered to Boost AMD Production Capacities in July.

More on AMD's competitiveness.

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