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I'm 30+ years in. AMD shipped huge numbers of 8086/8088s as a second-source; you might have had one and not known it. But I'm guessing that's not what you mean

by kjs3 7y ago

I'm 30+ years in. AMD shipped huge numbers of 8086/8088s as a second-source; you might have had one and not known it. But I'm guessing that's not what you mean. :-) There was a good bit of time where Opterons where everywhere on servers, including things like the whole Sun x86 line. At one gig we had datacenters full of IBM blade servers stuffed with dual Opteron boards; they were a big success in the market. I know at one point another gig's non-US folks had significant installed base of AMD-based Fujitsu servers. Didn't see as much on the desktop/laptop side, though I did carry a AMD-based Thinkpad for a short while. Apparently HP sold a successful, low-end, AMD-based business desktop. YMMV...I think it's a matter of 'I haven't seen any tigers in my back yard, therefore I doubt they exist'.

the_duke 7y ago
I've heard that AMD suddenly pulling out of the server market was very damaging for the relationship with vendors, hence (in part) their trouble of getting back in the door . But it does seem that adoption is growing again, with recent performance figures and the attractive price point.
- kjs3 7y ago
  That's an interesting insight. Was it "pulled out" or "we screwed up the next gen product" though? Quite a gap between Opteron and Threadripper, so you're probably on to something.