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We're still nowhere close to Intel "declining too far". AMD used to be quite popular in the Athlon era, especially when Intel screwed up big time with Pentium
by mtgx 8y ago
We're still nowhere close to Intel "declining too far".
AMD used to be quite popular in the Athlon era, especially when Intel screwed up big time with Pentium 4 and Itanium. But, as we know, Intel recovered, then used anti-competitive tactics against AMD, and finally AMD screwed-up with its next architecture. All of these more than ensured Intel's comeback.
So I'd say wait until AMD has 50% of the market (not just the custom PC market, which AMD will probably have within 2-3 years) to feel sorry for Intel and worry about Intel dying.
- icelancer 8y agoPretty amazing to think back to those days. Pentium 4 was so bad and the AMD Athlon 64 4400+ reigned. The worst thing you could say about AMD at the time was the time synchronicity problems in VMware, which was eventually patched. Then... Core2Duo happened so fast and AMD disappeared so quickly. Felt like overnight.
- chemmail 8y agoAnd Turions were just so slow and ate so much power. Whoever said otherwise were just rabbid.
- rphlx 8y agoIntel's recovery a decade ago also came down to superior mfg, and that past strength is their main weakness this time around. I am very concerned about their ability to yield 24+ core monolithic server parts on 10nm at competitive cost/perf/timeframe, given that 10nm seems to be an out-of-control dumpster fire even compared to their 14nm node which was itself around 2 years late.