OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
The release of Intel's new Core 2 dual-core range of processors combined with price cuts to older products has effectively pulled the rug out from under AMD, which has been fighting desperately to counter Intel's moves in the past week.
AMD has made three major announcements in the past week, including
massive price cuts, in an attempt to keep Intel off balance as the
market leader continues to receive positive reviews about the new Core
2 range.
However, with the announcement that Intel will cut prices on most of
its older range, AMD has no alternative but to follow suit with its
current processor range, which will lead to a margin squeezing pricing
war.
For Intel, cutting prices on older Pentium products is no big deal. Now
that it has a clear performance advantage with Core 2, Intel can afford
to maintain its margins on the new range.
The problem for AMD is that its next generation of products are not due
to mid-2007. Meanwhile, the smaller rival to Intel is trying to prevent
leakage from its recently hard won market share by offering up price
cuts and sticky taping processors together in packages such as 4x4.
When AMD announced that it had cracked 20% market share, the company's
CEO Hector Ruiz publicly set a goal for the company to reach 30% market
share by 2008. The release of Intel's new products makes that goal now
seem a remote possibility and AMD may have to instead focus its efforts
on keeping its head above the 20% mark.
David Frost
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