Posted on 05/18/2006 2:37:45 PM PDT by HAL9000
Dell Inc. said Thursday it will begin using chips from Advanced Micro Devices rather than its rival Intel Corp., as the computer maker posted a first quarter drop in net income.Round Rock, Texas-based Dell had an exclusive agreement with Santa Clara-based Intel, but said in its second-quarter earnings press release that it will switch to Sunnyvale-based Advanced Micro Devices chips in some of its products by the end of the year.
Dell, which had lowered its forecast last week, posted net income of $762 million, or 33 cents a share, compared with $934 million, or 37 cents a share, in the year-ago period.
In a prepared statement, AMD senior vice president Mary Seyer said, "We welcome Dell, and Dell customers, to the world of AMD64."
I bet those AMD powered Dells would do an amazing job for our FR folding team
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