Taran, There is no evidence to support what you are saying. If they had the capacity or capital to build the capacity don't you think that they would try to supply Dell? Or become something other than a minor market share player?
Apple and other minor market share companies etc. operate without fabs, but IBM can produce even less than AMD and could not innovate the PowerPC to work in laptops, hence the Apple move to Intel. Mike >Michael F. Pitsch >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taran Rampersad Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:50 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Video: the $100 laptop at WSIS Mike, I beg to differ - AMD can supply the demand; in fact if they can't they quickly could. The reason Intel and AMD have the market positions that they do is mainly because of Wintel, and that's rapidly eroding. Bear in mind I'm not defending the MIT Media labs $100 million laptop. I'm talking about AMD and Intel. AMD produces less expensive processors, and does a good job at keeping Intel honest on pricing. That doesn't mean that they don't have the capacity to produce more, they simply don't have a demand which they need to supply. Since Intel is a rarity - it has had the Holy Grail of Six Sigma zero defects (by selling 'defects' as lower grade chips, it is rumored), and spending lots of money on R&D, Intel retains a strong market position despite Microsoft's inability to come out with a true 64 bit operating system, thus making Intel much more friendly to Linux. And I imagine that the Apple deal was a boon for Intel. I'm pretty sure if someone orders a million processors from AMD, they'll be able to supply it... and in doing that, they boost their own competitive stature in the processor market. Executive Director wrote: >Andy, >You of course realize that this may never become anything at all. > >AMD doesn't have the fabrication plants to compete with Intel, or even >supply Dell, much less provide these chips for a worldwide market. > >Only Intel spends the billions on fabs to keep up with current demand. > >I still believe that reuse is the bridge which spans the digital divide both >nationwide and worldwide. > >Mike >************************* >Michael F. Pitsch >Executive Director >Tech Corps Wisconsin, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.tcw.org > >Tech Corps Wisconsin, Inc. is a statewide, non-profit volunteer >organization dedicated to bridging the digital divide by providing >access to technology for children. > > -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com "Criticize by creating." - Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
