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If you mean they have signed contract to not sell CPU on the open market, that's interesting.
by rousse101 12y ago
If you mean they have signed contract to not sell CPU on the open market, that's interesting.
- sliverstorm 12y agoPresumably that means a built-to-order SoC that is mostly Intel parts with some Amazon special ingredients. I believe Sony & Microsoft have similar deals with the chips in their game consoles.
- wmf 12y agoAmazon (and Oracle) just has a different bin of the existing Haswell die; it's not really comparable to the gaming SoCs IMO.
- wtallis 12y agoIntel's done custom packaging, though, like the first-generation MacBook Air getting a smaller BGA package that wasn't available to other OEMs until the next generation processor.
- greggyb 12y agoThis is correct. The consoles tend toward AMD APUs, though (at least in recent/current generations). My understanding is that it's pretty much the same as a chip you could buy on your own, but soldered directly to the board and custom clocking/voltage.