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> Swan said on Friday that Intel’s products are still the best, despite the manufacturing delays. LOL WUT? AMD’s chips have twice the performance for half the
by rekabis 6y ago
> Swan said on Friday that Intel’s products are still the best, despite the manufacturing delays.
LOL WUT?
AMD’s chips have twice the performance for half the price. The only people still buying Intel are name-brand fanboys or institutional buyers that need platform consistency. Anyone who cares about performance is already looking hard at AMD.
Intel has painted itself into a very dark corner by resting on its laurels. Somehow I’m thinking that it’s going to be the BlackBerry of the semiconductor world.
- 0xy 6y agoSwan has a finance background, and isn't a semiconductor expert like Dr Lisa Su. I'm not surprised he knows absolutely nothing about the technology he's selling.
- m463 6y agoI guess you could lump all server folks into "institutional buyers" but is that what the market is really like? Searching it looks like amd has 5% server market share and 18% desktop. (personally I think intel chips are better)
- netsharc 6y agoBecause market share indicates performance...? The Intel-beating AMD chips are quite new, so them having less market share is to be expected.
- RobLach 6y agoIntel has a massive stake in the software ecosystem that lets them embed certain features that are enhanced or even only possible on their hardware. For example, there are shops that built their entire security stack in a way that’s totally dependent on Intel and would have an immense cost to re-architect it, much more than just buying 2x as many intel chips because they’re half as fast.