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They don’t want to scare the piss out of their current silicon partners. Who knows what will come of this, but I’m doubtful it’s nothing.
by ChicagoDave 8y ago
They don’t want to scare the piss out of their current silicon partners. Who knows what will come of this, but I’m doubtful it’s nothing.
- chx 8y agoSort of blackmail what comes out of this. You can say to Intel, if you don't give us a nice enough discount for the current order of 100 000 Xeons for Azure, we will go back to these plans and eventually your revenue stream will dry up.
- mankash666 8y agoWhile that may be true for something that's more production ready (like an AMD or Qualcomm chip), this project seems unlikely to affect negotiations. However, it's likely to cause panic at Intel for the long term. It may prompt Intel to move into Microsoft's territory, or partner more closely with competing OS vendors (chrome?)