No punches pulled in a candid interview with some candid answersDigiTimes has an interview with AMD's head honcho, Hector de Ruiz.?Topics covered include their爂oals for the K8 architecture, concerns about profits and also, AMD's relationship to Dell.?
Dell and Intel have been working very closely together, in both manufacturing and finance, and we have not yet established any direct business relationship with Dell. Naturally, it would be nice if Dell decides to build PCs with our processors. However, we cannot ignore the interests of other customers for the sake of securing orders from Dell.
From the sound of that, it does not seem too optimistic that Dell will adopt Opterons or Athlon 64s any time soon. Intel looks like they still exert a considerable amount of pressure onto their partners if this article from the Inq about HP and Intel is of any indication.Article Link: DigiTimes interviews Hector de Ruiz
