In the wake of an embarrassing design flaw concerning Intel’s “Sandy
Bridge,” archrival Advanced Micro Devices took the opportunity to
point out that Intel’s recent chipset troubles have boosted
business at AMD.
Leslie Sobon, AMD vice president of product and platform
marketing, told Dow Jones Newswires that PC makers had contacted
AMD for their chipsets and guidance following Intel’s declaration of a
design flaw in a chipset that supports the company’s new “Sandy Bridge”
processors.
“We have some customers and retailers who have come to us
specifically as a result of Intel’s chip problem,” Sobon told the news
organization. “Some retailers have had to take things off their
shelves, so they call us to ask what they could get from our OEMs
that’s similar. And OEMs are asking us for product, as well.”
Intel rolled out the Sandy Bridge chips during the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) in January, which combine Intel 3D HD graphics
capabilities with microprocessors on one 32-nanometer device. Company
CEO Paul Otellini predicted the Sandy Bridge platform–which Intel
calls the 2nd Generation Core processors–will account for
one-third of Intel’s 2011 revenue and will generate more than $125
billion in revenue for the PC sector.
