The first quarter of the year is always seasonally slower, so there's no real surprise there. Adding to that, Intel [offered] some really good deals on chips in the fourth quarter, so computer makers bought more than they needed and stocked up -- and they're working through that inventory. At the same time you've got AMD taking some share away. Dean McCarron
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![The first quarter of the year is always seasonally slower, so there's no real surprise there. Adding to that, Intel [offered] some really good deals on chips in the fourth quarter, so computer makers bought more than they needed and stocked up -- and they're working through that inventory. At the same time you've got AMD taking some share away. - Dean McCarron Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlIGZpcnN0IHF1YXJ0ZXIgb2YgdGhlIHllYXIgaXMgYWx3YXlzIHNlYXNvbmFsbHkgc2xvd2VyLCBzbyB0aGVyZSdzIG5vIHJlYWwgc3VycHJpc2UgdGhlcmUuIEFkZGluZyB0byB0aGF0LCBJbnRlbCBbb2ZmZXJlZF0gc29tZSByZWFsbHkgZ29vZCBkZWFscyBvbiBjaGlwcyBpbiB0aGUgZm91cnRoIHF1YXJ0ZXIsIHNvIGNvbXB1dGVyIG1ha2VycyBib3VnaHQgbW9yZSB0aGFuIHRoZXkgbmVlZGVkIGFuZCBzdG9ja2VkIHVwIC0tIGFuZCB0aGV5J3JlIHdvcmtpbmcgdGhyb3VnaCB0aGF0IGludmVudG9yeS4gQXQgdGhlIHNhbWUgdGltZSB5b3UndmUgZ290IEFNRCB0YWtpbmcgc29tZSBzaGFyZSBhd2F5LiA=&author=ICBEZWFuIE1jQ2Fycm9uICAgIA==&num=12 "The first quarter of the year is always seasonally slower, so there's no real surprise there. Adding to that, Intel [offered] some really good deals on chips in the fourth quarter, so computer makers bought more than they needed and stocked up -- and they're working through that inventory. At the same time you've got AMD taking some share away. - Dean McCarron Quotes")
![The first quarter of the year is always seasonally slower, so there's no real surprise there. Adding to that, Intel [offered] some really good deals on chips in the fourth quarter, so computer makers bought more than they needed and stocked up -- and they're working through that inventory. At the same time you've got AMD taking some share away. - Dean McCarron Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlIGZpcnN0IHF1YXJ0ZXIgb2YgdGhlIHllYXIgaXMgYWx3YXlzIHNlYXNvbmFsbHkgc2xvd2VyLCBzbyB0aGVyZSdzIG5vIHJlYWwgc3VycHJpc2UgdGhlcmUuIEFkZGluZyB0byB0aGF0LCBJbnRlbCBbb2ZmZXJlZF0gc29tZSByZWFsbHkgZ29vZCBkZWFscyBvbiBjaGlwcyBpbiB0aGUgZm91cnRoIHF1YXJ0ZXIsIHNvIGNvbXB1dGVyIG1ha2VycyBib3VnaHQgbW9yZSB0aGFuIHRoZXkgbmVlZGVkIGFuZCBzdG9ja2VkIHVwIC0tIGFuZCB0aGV5J3JlIHdvcmtpbmcgdGhyb3VnaCB0aGF0IGludmVudG9yeS4gQXQgdGhlIHNhbWUgdGltZSB5b3UndmUgZ290IEFNRCB0YWtpbmcgc29tZSBzaGFyZSBhd2F5LiA=&author=ICBEZWFuIE1jQ2Fycm9uICAgIA==&num=5 "The first quarter of the year is always seasonally slower, so there's no real surprise there. Adding to that, Intel [offered] some really good deals on chips in the fourth quarter, so computer makers bought more than they needed and stocked up -- and they're working through that inventory. At the same time you've got AMD taking some share away. - Dean McCarron Quotes")
![What I would fully expect would be that the Celerons would be based on the previous generation cores as long as was possible. Ironically in the end it all makes sense. It's being built with an older [manufacturing] process. There's not a big motivation to use the latest tech for that class of part. - Dean McCarron Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=V2hhdCBJIHdvdWxkIGZ1bGx5IGV4cGVjdCB3b3VsZCBiZSB0aGF0IHRoZSBDZWxlcm9ucyB3b3VsZCBiZSBiYXNlZCBvbiB0aGUgcHJldmlvdXMgZ2VuZXJhdGlvbiBjb3JlcyBhcyBsb25nIGFzIHdhcyBwb3NzaWJsZS4gSXJvbmljYWxseSBpbiB0aGUgZW5kIGl0IGFsbCBtYWtlcyBzZW5zZS4gSXQncyBiZWluZyBidWlsdCB3aXRoIGFuIG9sZGVyIFttYW51ZmFjdHVyaW5nXSBwcm9jZXNzLiBUaGVyZSdzIG5vdCBhIGJpZyBtb3RpdmF0aW9uIHRvIHVzZSB0aGUgbGF0ZXN0IHRlY2ggZm9yIHRoYXQgY2xhc3Mgb2YgcGFydC4g&author=ICBEZWFuIE1jQ2Fycm9uICAgIA==&num=9 "What I would fully expect would be that the Celerons would be based on the previous generation cores as long as was possible. Ironically in the end it all makes sense. It's being built with an older [manufacturing] process. There's not a big motivation to use the latest tech for that class of part. - Dean McCarron Quotes")
