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Presumably 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 t
by sliverstorm 12y ago
Presumably 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.