AMD Snubbed by OEM
The "darling of the technology press" AMD Athlon CPU is having
problems getting support from OEMs like Dell and Gateway. It looks like the manufacturers
are skeptical about AMD's ability to supply the # of chips that they would require. As
long as we can still get them though to crank out those Quake3 framerates who cares
if Grandma can't get one in her Dell eh? Here is a bit from the ZDNet
article:
Steve Duignan, UK product manager for Dell's Dimension range -- "To be honest, we did evaluate the Athlon during pre-testing, as we always have done with previous AMD chips, but the big problem is the company's ability to supply," says Duignan. "AMD hasn't got a particularly good track record in its ability to ship to order and that's the kicker. We're not alone in this -- look at Gateway." ...
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