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> The conspiracy theorist in me suspects that Intel must be applying heavy-handed pressure to OEMs to keep them in line long enough for Intel to release a bette
by ginko 6y ago
> The conspiracy theorist in me suspects that Intel must be applying heavy-handed pressure to OEMs to keep them in line long enough for Intel to release a better architecture in a couple of years.
But what kind of pressure can Intel even apply? Intel CPUs are more expensive and have sub-par performance? Why would any OEM favor them?
- virtue3 6y agoIntel had(has?) a practice of giving OEMs a discount if they only sell Intel chips.
- basilgohar 6y agoSee my sibling comment. Intel has applied incentives to OEMs before to give them preferential treatment. Dell got caught, but it's likely it's happened with others based on the same pattern existing elsewhere.
- dnautics 6y ago"we will not sell you any of these chips unless you agree to exclusivity with our chips for dual channel DDR"
- ginko 6y agoThey have an inferior product. Dell could just call their bluff and go AMD exclusive.
- tedunangst 6y agoAnd sell how many systems before running out of inventory?
- felipelemos 6y agoThe public perception is still that Intel is superior. If you don't have Intel products available or with a competitive price, you will lose market share. Remember that most people are tech illiterate (or not savy enough) to know/care about technical details more than they trust marketing and brands.
- RamRodification 6y ago"Hi Dell, this is Intel calling. You know how you are one of the biggest computer hardware vendors out there and we give you 30% off on our stuff because you sell insane volumes of it? Yeah we're gonna have to stop doing that if you continue this worrying trend of selling more and more of those AMD chips. We did the math and this will actually hurt you more than you could bring in on the AMD stuff. Ok thanks bye now" Or maybe the other way around "We'll give you 40% off instead of 30 if you stop moving so many AMD chips." It is probably worth while for Intel to do things like this for now and stop the bleeding while AMD is ahead for once.