Dell 'gets married' with AMD

On August 17, Dell announced a partnership agreement with AMD to integrate its chip for Dell's desktop and laptop lines.

Dell is expected to order about 2 million AMD processors. Last May, Dell also unveiled plans to integrate Opteron (AMD) chips for high-end servers starting later this year.

Dell has long been a major partner of Intel, helping the chip maker to maintain its role as the world's largest chip supplier. However, this may change when Dell turns to AMD.

AMD is challenging Intel's unique position, especially since the company launched the Opteron chip platform, which is rated "on-chip" Intel chips because of its low energy consumption but still ensuring dark performance. multi. However, Intel recently made moves to respond to AMD with the "Woodcrest" server chip, supposedly saving 40% of energy and increasing efficiency to 135%.

Meanwhile, AMD did not succumb to Intel's pressure. The company has announced plans to buy ATI graphics chip company for $ 5.4 billion. The merger will allow AMD to provide more robust and efficient integrated graphics and chip solutions.