It's clear the AMD's current offerings can't compete with Core Duo and that K8L is some time away. That got me thinking of how they could recover their position slightly. Obviously they are going to have to compete on price but there are two other options which occured to me. If AMD dropped the price and considered these then would people be interested in A64 again?
1) Drop AM2 and concentrate on S939 again - or at least offer both products.
2) Unlock all multi's.
The reason for (2) is obvious as it would suddenly generate a lot of interest from the enthusiast community. But (1) is perhaps a little confusing. The reason I think this would help sales is that anyone considering an upgrade from S939 will need a new motherboard and memory. So it doesn't make sense to buy AM2 anymore. If you have to buy mobo and mem then you may as well go Core Duo. But by bringing out faster S939 chips it would drive sales again. People considering a Core Duo may stay with AMD and upgrade. Or people who can't quite afford a complete platform change may uprade when they wouldn't have been able to.
Opinions?
1) Drop AM2 and concentrate on S939 again - or at least offer both products.
2) Unlock all multi's.
The reason for (2) is obvious as it would suddenly generate a lot of interest from the enthusiast community. But (1) is perhaps a little confusing. The reason I think this would help sales is that anyone considering an upgrade from S939 will need a new motherboard and memory. So it doesn't make sense to buy AM2 anymore. If you have to buy mobo and mem then you may as well go Core Duo. But by bringing out faster S939 chips it would drive sales again. People considering a Core Duo may stay with AMD and upgrade. Or people who can't quite afford a complete platform change may uprade when they wouldn't have been able to.
Opinions?