Allen
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Intel supply problems confirmed
More suppliers told that there is a shortage
the ongoing tight supply of Intel's processors is unlikely to ease until the second half of 2019 and will undermine worldwide notebook shipments during the upcoming peak season
Not important to gamers. However, it does affect AMD sales and profits in a positive way -- giving AMD more money to use -- hopefully for continuing product improvements.
Other articles have indicated that major manufacturers are beginning to use more AMD notebook APUs (CPU/GPU) in upcoming notebook designs. Makes practical sense for their customers because, for many folks, the limitation on notebooks is graphics performance. AMD on-chip graphics beats Intel on-chip graphics by a lot and the CPU and price parts of the equation are now quite competitive.
