As Barcelona is about to launch,
Intel looks well prepared
It’s a
fight to cram more and more electronic circuitry in the least available space. It’s a fight to deliver better performance at fewer bucks. It’s Intel v/s AMD yet again. Though the war was never over, the competitors were only waiting for the right moment to unleash their plans. At a time when AMD’s answer to Intel’s Quad Core, Barcelona, was just about to be unveiled, Intel has once again emerged as the biggest roadblock to defer AMD’s aspirations. Interestingly, this time, Intel has opted to hurt itself to make AMD bleed. The world’s largest chipmaker has announced a 50% price cut for its top-end Core 2 Duo chips. Such is the fierceness of competition between these players that despite AMD incurring a net loss of $166 million and In experiencing a 42% decline in net profits due to price cuts in 2006, the companies continue to deploy this price cut strategy.
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Intel looks well prepared
It’s a
fight to cram more and more electronic circuitry in the least available space. It’s a fight to deliver better performance at fewer bucks. It’s Intel v/s AMD yet again. Though the war was never over, the competitors were only waiting for the right moment to unleash their plans. At a time when AMD’s answer to Intel’s Quad Core, Barcelona, was just about to be unveiled, Intel has once again emerged as the biggest roadblock to defer AMD’s aspirations. Interestingly, this time, Intel has opted to hurt itself to make AMD bleed. The world’s largest chipmaker has announced a 50% price cut for its top-end Core 2 Duo chips. Such is the fierceness of competition between these players that despite AMD incurring a net loss of $166 million and In experiencing a 42% decline in net profits due to price cuts in 2006, the companies continue to deploy this price cut strategy.For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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