Toshiba has announced that it will soon pack AMD processor in about 20 percent of the notebooks it sells in the United States and Europe. According to the Toshiba spokeswoman Yuko Sugahara the company plans to put AMD chips in its moderate-priced standard models for individual and corporate clients. These AMD equipped notebooks will hit the market this summer and it will also reduce the parts-procurement costs till up to 10 percent. The results of the research conducted by the IDC firm reveals that the number of Toshiba laptop PCs loaded with AMD chips can be calculated around 1.1 million units a year whereas Toshiba’s overall notebook PC shipments is recorded 9.2 million units in calendar 2006. However, the value sheet of the Toshiba’s-AMD deal is not yet available but prices of AMD’s notebook-use microprocessors ranges $86 to $263 apiece in a block of 1,000 units. Image Via: Tech2
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