AMD Dual Core Yet to Lure Dell

摘要

Yet again amd is poised to beat Intel to market with cutting-edge chip technology. But even though some customers are calling for Dell to use AMD processors, Dell — the lone holdout among hardware makers — has a strong incentive to pass. With the launch of AMD's dual-core Opteron processors expected this week, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun Microsystems are preparing to unveil the second generation of their Opteron servers. At the Dell analyst meeting in Austin, Texas, during the first week of April, however, Dell executives reiterated the company's short-term intention to remain a one-processor vendor. But as usual, Dell refused to completely rule out the prospect of releasing a product based on AMD's Opteron server processor or its Athlon 64 desktop chip. Although the company's ongoing flirtation with AMD does generate headlines, it is designed mainly to wring additional concessions from Intel, according to analysts and industry insiders.