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Until very recently, AMD was struggling for survival. Rather than making the big bet on AI, they went for the sure thing by banking on revolutionary CPU tech. I

by ken47 3y ago

Until very recently, AMD was struggling for survival. Rather than making the big bet on AI, they went for the sure thing by banking on revolutionary CPU tech. I'm sure if they were in a better financial position 5 years ago, they would have gone bigger on AI.

xmprt 3y ago
And arguable their bet on CPU tech worked! AMD is in a much better position today than they were 5+ years ago. They have some catching up to do but that doesn't mean their completely out of the game.
- xcdzvyn 3y ago
  "much better" is an understatement! "AMD predicted to go bankrupt by 2020"[0] [0] https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_predicted_to_go_bankrupt_by_2020/1 https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_predicted...
  - bornfreddy 3y ago
    Great achievement! Of course, they can also thank Intel for waiting for them to catch up.
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izacus 3y ago
They also focused on game consoles, where they won contracts for both major platforms this generation.
- Toutouxc 3y ago
  Previous one too. Xbox One and Series and PS4 and PS5 are all AMD, and there’s several revisions of each (e.g. PS4 OG, Slim, Pro).
- zirgs 3y ago
  The other non-major Nvidia based console has higher sales numbers than both of so-called major consoles combined.
  - mschuster91 3y ago
    It's ... difficult to compare a low-power SoC released in 2015 (so, design dating back to 2014 if not earlier) with high-power consoles developed in 2019 onwards.
    - zirgs 3y ago
      They belong to the same generation. Until Switch 2 is released.
      - asddubs 3y ago
        That doesn't mean they're meaningfully comparable (in the context we are talking about). A $100 budget android phone that was released at the same time as the latest iphone also belongs to the same generation, but that doesn't mean the chip manufacturers profit equally from the two (of course apple makes their own chips so in a literal sense this comparison doesn't make sense, but I'm sure you understand what I mean) And I don't mean to disparage the switch, just point out that the way it's designed is very different which makes the comparison questionable

by ken47 3y ago

xmprt 3y ago

And arguable their bet on CPU tech worked! AMD is in a much better position today than they were 5+ years ago. They have some catching up to do but that doesn't mean their completely out of the game.

xcdzvyn 3y ago
"much better" is an understatement! "AMD predicted to go bankrupt by 2020"[0] [0] https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_predicted_to_go_bankrupt_by_2020/1 https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_predicted...
- bornfreddy 3y ago
  Great achievement! Of course, they can also thank Intel for waiting for them to catch up.

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izacus 3y ago

They also focused on game consoles, where they won contracts for both major platforms this generation.

Toutouxc 3y ago
Previous one too. Xbox One and Series and PS4 and PS5 are all AMD, and there’s several revisions of each (e.g. PS4 OG, Slim, Pro).
zirgs 3y ago
The other non-major Nvidia based console has higher sales numbers than both of so-called major consoles combined.
- mschuster91 3y ago
  It's ... difficult to compare a low-power SoC released in 2015 (so, design dating back to 2014 if not earlier) with high-power consoles developed in 2019 onwards.
  - zirgs 3y ago
    They belong to the same generation. Until Switch 2 is released.
    - asddubs 3y ago
      That doesn't mean they're meaningfully comparable (in the context we are talking about). A $100 budget android phone that was released at the same time as the latest iphone also belongs to the same generation, but that doesn't mean the chip manufacturers profit equally from the two (of course apple makes their own chips so in a literal sense this comparison doesn't make sense, but I'm sure you understand what I mean) And I don't mean to disparage the switch, just point out that the way it's designed is very different which makes the comparison questionable