Dell picks up AMD chips amid SEC probe
As expected, the world’s largest PC maker announced on Thursday that it will ship Dimension desktops and two-processor servers equipped with AMD’s chips by the end of the year. Its first embrace of AMD products came in May, when it announced plans to ship a four-processor server based on the chips.
AMD, naturally, was thrilled to hear the news. “Dell’s wider embrace of AMD processor-based offerings is a win for Dell, for the industry and most importantly for Dell customers,” Marty Seyer, a senior vice president in the chipmaker’s commercial business, said in a statement. Intel was less pleased, but stoic. “It’s unfortunate,” Bill Kircos, an Intel spokesman, said in an e-mail. “But…we have just introduced an entire new Core Duo and Xeon lineup, the best processors in the world. Couple that with our manufacturing advantages, and it’s up to us to convince Dell, their customers and the tens of thousands who sell Intel technology that Core Duo and Intel Inside is the best choice for any computing need.”
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