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That's horrible PR for AMD, whether it's their fault or not. I don't really care about Apple losing some money over this, they are ridiculously rich, they will
by imaginenore 10y ago
That's horrible PR for AMD, whether it's their fault or not.
I don't really care about Apple losing some money over this, they are ridiculously rich, they will be fine. AMD, on the other hand, is the only company that forces the CPU and GPU prices down. Though recently they have fallen quite far behind Intel.
- AmVess 10y agoThis is a bit naive. AMD hasn't been competitive with Intel for almost a decade...there's nothing recent about that. AMD doesn't keep Intel's prices down, the market does.
- hajile 10y agoHere's to a competitive Zen launch.
- nindalf 10y ago> AMD doesn't keep Intel's prices down, the market does. This is a reductionist view. For the market to bring those prices down, there need to be at least 2 manufacturers of the same product who are not colluding. If AMD went under and closed down, the market that you have faith in would not magically create more companies manufacturing x86 components. This is because only Intel and AMD have the patents and the licenses to patents required to manufacture them. It's possible that someone would salvage those patents and licenses from AMD and try competing with Intel... but what sane person would do so after seeing AMD try and fail to do so for a decade. In short, AMD's continued survival and success is required for a healthy x86 market.