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Toshiba, Intel Loyalist, To Use AMD Chips

Toshiba, one of the die-hard Intel faithful, is going to use AMD chips in a reported 20% of the products
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June 2, 2007 07:00 PM EDT
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Toshiba, one of the die-hard Intel faithful, is going to use AMD chips in a reported 20% of the products it ships to the US and Europe, apparently beginning with three entry-level Satellite notebooks based the Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile processor and AMD M690 chipset. They should hit market in time for back-to-school sales.

Toshiba, one of the top four laptop suppliers, hasn't used AMD chips in its PCs since 2001, a fact that AMD attributes to the $25 million-$30 million in market development funds Intel pays Toshiba every quarter according to its antitrust suit against Intel.

The Japanese press says Toshiba cut the deal to save 10% on the cost of parts.

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Virtualization News 06/02/07 07:28:18 PM EDT

Toshiba, one of the die-hard Intel faithful, is going to use AMD chips in a reported 20% of the products it ships to the US and Europe, apparently beginning with three entry-level Satellite notebooks based the Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile processor and AMD M690 chipset. They should hit market in time for back-to-school sales.