Quote Originally Posted by JF-AMD View Post
Actually, it is a money losing proposition. When the world was dual core, 2P client products were ~.8% of the market. Then when quad core came out, that dropped to ~.4% of the market. It has continued to go down and with 8-core around the corner, it is probably getting pretty close to 0%.

When you compete for internal resources on a project you have to justify the business case. A new part is typically ~$5M to get on the roadmap.

I don't make the decisions on where to invest on the client side, but if it was up to me, spending $5M to bring in a few hudred thousand of revenue is not a good business plan.
Im not sure with which part you disagree.
That AMD wont bring FX back (if it has performance)
That AMD wont bring FX back in c32 format (by just enabling OC and multiplier unlock on dedicated cpu/mobo part)
Or that AMD wont bring another 4x4 (2P part with some unregistered ram etc).

With the last one it seems vaguely possible it could cost 5M.But with the first two, theres no reason it should cost more than bringing any other cpu part.
And i really hope it doesnt cost 5M to come with athlon 260 if 255 is already
on the market.
One new high margin cpu sku, and a green light to mb makers.
On a side note, if hypothetically, asus would come to amd with a question if they can build OC capable mobo for c32 platform.Would AMD in any form discourage that action ?