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I really like this side to AMD. There's a strategic call somewhere high up to bias towards collaboration with other companies. Sharing the fabric specifications

I really like this side to AMD. There's a strategic call somewhere high up to bias towards collaboration with other companies. Sharing the fabric specifications with broadcom was an amazing thing to see. It's not out of the question that we'll see single chips with chiplets made by different companies attached together.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago
Maybe they feel threatened by ARM on mobile and Intel on desktop / server. Companies that think they're first try to monopolize. Companies that think they're second try to cooperate.
rhelz 3y ago
Well, lets not forget, AMD is AMD because they reverse-engineered Intel chips....
- treprinum 3y ago
  IBM didn't want to rely solely on Intel when introducing PCs so it forced Intel to share its arch with another manufacturer that turned out to be AMD. It's not like AMD stole it. Math coprocessor was in turn invented by AMD (Am9511, Am9512) and licensed by Intel (8231, 8232).
  - vegabook 3y ago
    Also AMD64
  - rhelz 3y ago
    They certainly didn't steal it. But Intel didn't second-source pentiums, or any chip with SIMD extension. AMD reverse-engineered those fair and square.