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Article: India: Govt deals: AMD for even field with Intel.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
Microchip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is trying to level the playing field in government contracts in its traditional battle with market leader Intel Corp and is looking for a regime in which competition would be actively encouraged, its Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer says. The irony is that unlike in software, where there is a noisy debate between platforms owned by Microsoft and rivals including Linux and other open-source platforms, in the chip business, AMD often faces situations where government contracts assume Intel is the only player around.
"Sadly our market share here in India is lower than our worldwide average ...