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AMD's "APU" is simply a way to join 2 different products and jack up the price on the one joined product. As such these are still a modular part. As for Intel t
by djjaxe 13y ago
AMD's "APU" is simply a way to join 2 different products and jack up the price on the one joined product. As such these are still a modular part. As for Intel this is the same idea they can force you to buy not only their CPU but also the entire motherboard and force you to pay for the entire board that is made by them. Modularity is not the opposite of the market forces right now. The big companies are just too lazy to spend the money to, 1. go smaller, 2. get more complex.
- dragontamer 13y agoYou can build an AMD APU system extremely cheaply. A ZBox Nano A4-5000 (using the "Kabini" APU) is only $300 or so for a complete computer (RAM, Hard drive, etc. etc. included). On the contrary, the AMD APUs are extreme value buys. Intel has superior CPUs, but you save a money with AMD APUs because you don't need to buy a graphics card anymore. AMD is beginning to do crazy stuff, like cache-to-cache direct transfers between CPU and GPU, because both are on the same die. Intel has been improving its integrated graphics in response of course... but they aren't at the level of AMD's APU integration yet. But to call this "price jacking" means that you completely don't understand the marketplace right now. AMD's Kabini and Temash chips are among the cheapest in the entire marketplace right now... and AMD's higher-end APUs (Codename: Richland) are sold at significant discounts in comparison to Intel chips.
- kayoone 13y agoAMDs APUs are the cheapest way to built a complete system with a decent GPU right now, they perform extremely well for their price.