[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This is an EXCERPT

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

HP took only 160,000 of the one million free processors that AMD had offered it. No rational computer manufacturer would leave 840,000 free, state-of-the-art microprocessors on the table unless it had been foreclosed from using them by exclusionary conduct. And this is precisely what happened."

While the censored text above the statement blocks what the deal was really about — a vendor turning down 840,000 free chips warrants some raised eyebrows. Certainly unusual behavior.

Then again, I'm not sure of what "rational" chip manufacturer would give away 1,000,000 chips for free without raising some eyebrows as well.

[ShadowAce]

[RayChuang88]

The problem for AMD right now is once Intel unveiled its Conroe-core CPU's (which are based on the excellent CPU core used on the Pentium III Mobile CPU), it was pretty much all over for AMD--the Conroe-core CPU's ran faster and much cooler than its AMD equivalent.