US Government Unfairly Buying Intel Over AMD?

AMD says that some government bodies are buying Intel-specific products for big price premiums but technically, the products offer identical or less features and performance. AMD says that being brand-specific costs more tax payers’ money. In fact, AMD says that a whopping $563 million could have been saved in taxpayer dollars, had the government been brand-neutral in its purchases.

There’s a never ending debate on whether or not AMD CPU’s are well suited for ‘government’ or ‘business’ applications, but I think the answer is obvious. If the performance and stabilty is there, it does seem strange that hundreds of millions are spent needlessly on more expensive and equally capable processors. Of course, this is the same government that shells out billions upon billions for warfare, so is this really a surprise? Read more DailyTech.