Comments on: NVIDIA: Intel’s Atom pricing is anti-competitive

By: NVIDIA считает ценовую политику Intel несправедливой | Обзор новостей рынка портативной техники

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:25:08 +0000

[...] вот недавно выяснилось, какие именно условия поставила Intel покупателям своих [...]

By: ken dryden

ken dryden — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:48:20 +0000

I cant wait till the first half decent ARM, MIPS and other architectured netbooks come in an byte them in the ass while AMD sits with their thumbs up their fartholes (two anal comments in one sentence might indicate Im gay.).

We need competition.

By: Nvidia Calls Intel Atom Pricing Unfair, Reveals Price Deltas | New Laptops Blog

Thu, 21 May 2009 04:11:41 +0000

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By: Brian Goodwin

Brian Goodwin — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:08:23 +0000

Yet Intel can't understand why they are getting hit with record fines and being sued all over the globe.

From just a week ago: “EU regulators on Wednesday slapped a record 1.06 billion euro ($1.45 billion) fine on Intel Corp for antitrust violations and ordered it to halt illegal efforts to squeeze out arch-foe AMD….
The decision may also force U.S. regulators to act, analysts say, with South Korea and Japan already accusing the company of antitrust violations.”

By: Nvidia accuses Intel of anticompetitive hornswoggling | Sugar Mob

Nvidia accuses Intel of anticompetitive hornswoggling | Sugar Mob — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:00:55 +0000

[...] lot. But if you are Nvidia buying an Atom chip to wed to one of your own superior video chipsets, you pay $45 just for the Atom. [...]

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:01:53 +0000

From what I've read, it would cost companies a non-trivial amount of money to remove the processor from the chipset solution. This seems to imply that the chips require more than simple “unplugging”.

Even if it wasn't hard-wired, you can image having to carefully unplug the atom chip by hand. And then having to carefully wash the old thermal compound off by hand. Given the only $20 savings, that alone might make this operation unprofitable…

By: brian

brian — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:34:10 +0000

Intel should only advert 2 prices…atom by itself & atom/945 combo. I wonder if they really are doing the line item deal or not.

Seems this all becomes a moot issue when pineview comes out.

By: Steven522

Steven522 — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:05:52 +0000

Yeah, if the combo was a total of say $99, then buying a Atom alone would be better than trowing away a $75 chipset just to save $20.

By: pauli

pauli — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:43:09 +0000

intel's atom pricing is the *essence* of competition.

By: BoloMKXXVIII

BoloMKXXVIII — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:47:00 +0000

I love the smell of lawsuits in the morning.

By: newb

newb — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:51:27 +0000

I think it was reported that he said that when you bought the Atom and the chipset, you got the Atom for $25 (no chipset cost was mentioned).
When you bought the Atom by itself, then it was $45.

By: Polpus

Polpus — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:58:18 +0000

Can't they just buy the CPU-Chipset combos, discard the chipset, and end up with $25 chipset-free Atoms?

Or does the CPU come hardwired to the thing?

By: oddone

oddone — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:39:20 +0000

They've got guts over at Intel, I'll give them that. This pricing, and then the new integrated chipsets coming later this year….how on earth can they *not* expect regulators to look at this unfavorably?