You can get VAT returned when shipped outside yes. However you pay VAT first, then make a claim, then get refunded by the IRS in the specific country.
Parallel imports is nothing new. But parallel imports would not garantee a lower price.
But a few posts up you said "Its easy to buy one. Even at low price"
That doesn't sound easy at all! That sounds like an unreasonable level of annoyance in dealing with government tax agencies just to get a card slightly cheaper than the local price, if even that (depending on shipping it might still cost more even after the VAT rebate).
I assume you again relate to the US, and not the rest of the world. What 5% of the world population can or cant is not an indicator of the global trend.
I assume you again relate to the US, and not the rest of the world. What 5% of the world population can or cant is not an indicator of the global trend.
In the USA, cards are above retail.
In Europe, cards are above retail after VAT, which you must include if you live in Europe.
Why is it compelling? Could be a nice fit for HTPC uses, but otherwise, unless one insists on gaming on the igp (a bad choice on the desktop) I dont really see anything compelling about it. Still in the same limbo that other AMD apus are. More igp than casual users need, but easily beaten for any graphical intensive uses by a low end Athlon 750k and a HD 7750. Could be some mantle or HSA magic that solves its bandwidth restrictions, but I am not holding my breath.
especially if it's at 95W TDP. An Athlon 750K + 7750 is 130-150W.
You mean as a market player or as a relevant player? Because they can stay on the market a little longer than that. Beema and Mulins won't be match for Airmont or Goldmont, but they can scavenge sales on the very bottom of the market.
As for their big core CPU business, that's another story...
If you ask me AMD should of just increased the speed with Regor and reduced it to 32nm Yes i love my Regor CPUs, they are quiet with less TDP. some people like me just want a dual core cpu.
AMD ported Stars to 32nm, and couldn't get the clocks past 3GHz. It was the Husky core in Llano.
Most likely that was Glofo.
They couldn't at the time, but they actually could now that Intel's renting their fabs out.GloFo is what they had to work with. *shrug* It's not like they could just go ask to borrow Intel's 32nm process.
They couldn't at the time, but they actually could now that Intel's renting their fabs out.
Paying Intel's price would certainly lead to AMD's bankruptcy.