Comments on: PriceGrabber: Dual-Core CPU Prices Will Continue To Plummet http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/pricegrabber-dual-core-cpu-prices-will-continue-to-plummet/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jay http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/pricegrabber-dual-core-cpu-prices-will-continue-to-plummet/#comment-874297 Jay Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:55:26 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/pricegrabber-dual-core-cpu-prices-will-continue-to-plummet/#comment-874297 Yes, it's a no brainer, the way the chips are being developed, it is almost obvious that any chip on the market today will be superseded by the next one very soon. I hope you guys are following the company called Tilera, they have already developed 64 core chip and ready to pave the ways for a multi-core era. Yes, it’s a no brainer, the way the chips are being developed, it is almost obvious that any chip on the market today will be superseded by the next one very soon. I hope you guys are following the company called Tilera, they have already developed 64 core chip and ready to pave the ways for a multi-core era.

]]> By: Yawn! http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/pricegrabber-dual-core-cpu-prices-will-continue-to-plummet/#comment-6702 Yawn! Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:07:32 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/pricegrabber-dual-core-cpu-prices-will-continue-to-plummet/#comment-6702 >> Oh yeah, and let’s keep in mind that those Intel performance gains are in comparison to the overall poor-performing Pentium D chips. Intel's new Core 2 Duo processors have proven to be ~20% faster (or more) than AMD's fastest. And that was just the E6700 only, not even the X6800. Recently on certain benchmarks have shown that even the E6400 and E6600 can outperform the FX-62 and X2 5000+ (on stock speeds). Thus the drastic 50% price drops from AMD. Don't forget about Intel's Netburst which formed the huge revenues in pre-Conroe era. Intel's worst year 2005 with 8 BILLION NET profit, majority from ye olde Netburst sales. In comparison, AMD only managed an measly 290 million NET profit and 2005 was its best year. >> Oh yeah, and let’s keep in mind that those Intel performance gains are in comparison to the overall poor-performing Pentium D chips.

Intel’s new Core 2 Duo processors have proven to be ~20% faster (or more) than AMD’s fastest. And that was just the E6700 only, not even the X6800. Recently on certain benchmarks have shown that even the E6400 and E6600 can outperform the FX-62 and X2 5000+ (on stock speeds). Thus the drastic 50% price drops from AMD.

Don’t forget about Intel’s Netburst which formed the huge revenues in pre-Conroe era. Intel’s worst year 2005 with 8 BILLION NET profit, majority from ye olde Netburst sales.

In comparison, AMD only managed an measly 290 million NET profit and 2005 was its best year.

]]> By: CrunchGear » Blog Archive » AMD To World: We’ve Got Your 65nm CPUs Right Here http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/pricegrabber-dual-core-cpu-prices-will-continue-to-plummet/#comment-6583 CrunchGear » Blog Archive » AMD To World: We’ve Got Your 65nm CPUs Right Here Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:06:00 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/pricegrabber-dual-core-cpu-prices-will-continue-to-plummet/#comment-6583 [...] As we discussed earlier, the launch of so many processors this year has led to some heavy pricing competition between Intel and AMD. We can only guess what kind of effect dumping even more chips on the market will have on the race for performance/pricing supremacy. For once, it looks like the consumer might come out on top. AMD to release first 65 nm processors in December [TG Daily] [...] [...] As we discussed earlier, the launch of so many processors this year has led to some heavy pricing competition between Intel and AMD. We can only guess what kind of effect dumping even more chips on the market will have on the race for performance/pricing supremacy. For once, it looks like the consumer might come out on top. AMD to release first 65 nm processors in December [TG Daily] [...]

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