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AMD had 12 years to become competitive. Deep learning revolution started in 2012.

by p1esk 2y ago

eptcyka 2y ago
12 years ago, Nvidia cared more about gamers than GPGPU, and 8bit floats were definitely not something anyone optimized for.
- Jlagreen 2y ago
  Totally wrong! Jensen decided to focus on CUDA almost 2 decades ago while Wallstreet called him an idiot back then. 12 years ago, Nvidia started to deliver GPUs for HPC and super computers in research. AlexNet was the special event to transform the company to what it is today.
- manquer 2y ago
  And 6 years ago they cared about crypto miners (whether they wanted to admit public or not). Nvidia really has thick plot armor to be able to ride two massive hype waves.
trynumber9 2y ago
AMD was nearly bankrupt for the first half of that. In my opinion it was a herculean feat that they survived at all.
- ErneX 2y ago
  Agree, not even at 2 billion market cap back then, now it’s almost 272 billion. 1st Ryzens were launched just 7 years ago.
- p1esk 2y ago
  Whose fault is that?
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  - to11mtm 2y ago
    Whoever thought sticking with Bulldozer was a good idea while the GloFo thing was happening. The move towards more 'normal' process tech vs the tighter coupling when they owned the fabs led to probably at least a couple of missteps. Of course then all the other weirdness with Bulldozer... Jaguar saved their butts via the XB1/PS4 to a large extent, (and my Puma laptop was way nicer than the Atom laptops for it's day,) Bulldozer was a huge stumble for the company tho. I -will- say, around 2014-2015 I tossed together a 'low-end' 15h (Probably a Steamroller) and it was a competent machine, albeit relegated to 'retro-ish' steam games and DVR purposes. The Radeon core 3d performance at least did a good job of balancing real world performance compared to a Core i3
  - throwaway48476 2y ago
    A lot of shady exclusivity tied MDF deals.
  - kuschku 2y ago
    Avcording to the US and EU's highest courts, Intel. Not entirely sure what you're trying to argue.
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AMD had 12 years to become competitive. Deep learning revolution started in 2012.

by p1esk 2y ago

AMD had 12 years to become competitive. Deep learning revolution started in 2012.

12 years ago, Nvidia cared more about gamers than GPGPU, and 8bit floats were definitely not something anyone optimized for.

Jlagreen 2y ago
Totally wrong! Jensen decided to focus on CUDA almost 2 decades ago while Wallstreet called him an idiot back then. 12 years ago, Nvidia started to deliver GPUs for HPC and super computers in research. AlexNet was the special event to transform the company to what it is today.
manquer 2y ago
And 6 years ago they cared about crypto miners (whether they wanted to admit public or not). Nvidia really has thick plot armor to be able to ride two massive hype waves.

trynumber9 2y ago

AMD was nearly bankrupt for the first half of that. In my opinion it was a herculean feat that they survived at all.

ErneX 2y ago
Agree, not even at 2 billion market cap back then, now it’s almost 272 billion. 1st Ryzens were launched just 7 years ago.
p1esk 2y ago
Whose fault is that?
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- to11mtm 2y ago
  Whoever thought sticking with Bulldozer was a good idea while the GloFo thing was happening. The move towards more 'normal' process tech vs the tighter coupling when they owned the fabs led to probably at least a couple of missteps. Of course then all the other weirdness with Bulldozer... Jaguar saved their butts via the XB1/PS4 to a large extent, (and my Puma laptop was way nicer than the Atom laptops for it's day,) Bulldozer was a huge stumble for the company tho. I -will- say, around 2014-2015 I tossed together a 'low-end' 15h (Probably a Steamroller) and it was a competent machine, albeit relegated to 'retro-ish' steam games and DVR purposes. The Radeon core 3d performance at least did a good job of balancing real world performance compared to a Core i3
- throwaway48476 2y ago
  A lot of shady exclusivity tied MDF deals.
- kuschku 2y ago
  Avcording to the US and EU's highest courts, Intel. Not entirely sure what you're trying to argue.

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