3 ms·
I think (without too much knowledge in this field) that AMD has had to play catch-up for so long in silicon that now the catch-up is complete, it will take some
by wjnc 7y ago
I think (without too much knowledge in this field) that AMD has had to play catch-up for so long in silicon that now the catch-up is complete, it will take some time to recognise organisationally that more focus on non-silicon is overdue. Silicon lives in an ecosphere, but without competitive products there's little use in investing in that ecosphere. If you suddenly get there, you need to change your game quite drastically.
- stingraycharles 7y agoBut wasn’t the same the case that last time they “disrupted” Intel with their amd64 and dual core CPUs? They caught up, but never really invested in the tooling. And then they lost market share again. Why would this time be different?
- SkyMarshal 7y agoDifferent leadership this time, maybe the new crew understands this better.
- c0nfused 7y agoThere was the whole ftc sued Intel for anti competitive behavior thing last time where they locked oems out of buying Intel and AMD. Hopefully without that things will be more diverse in the market going forward. https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-to-pay-amd-1-25-billion-in-antitrust-settlement/ https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-to-pay-amd-1-25-billion-in-a... Lll https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2010/08/ftc-settles-charges-anticompetitive-conduct-against-intel https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2010/08/ftc-s...
- aogl 7y agoI remember back in the day (circa 2000) I was all about AMD and all my custom-built machines had this emphasis on AMD chips due to the floating-point calculations be that much faster than Intel's at the time. Intel really wiped the floor with them over the next bunch of years... It will be interesting should AMD have their comeback now :) Oh how the tables turn!