I agree if AMD does not get its $hit together we are all in for an Intel reaming.

Why keep it a secret?


Because you are about to screw all of your partners that make motherboards.

I am certain motherboard manufacturers are not happy about this as Intel is throwing them under the bus and going to drive back and forth over them over and over again and again until they are dead.

Mildly off-topic, but AMD is my favorite underdog of all time.

Tracking AMD's progress and comparing it to other companies is like a serial novel to me. I was thrilled when they acquired ATI.

They'll probably be around for a good long time. I've heard they're going to be part of the PS4, specifically the GPU part, not sure about the cpu part.

It's been a long and wild ride and it probably won't end for a good many years.

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AMD has chimed in on the Intel rumor by stating it will continue to offer socketed CPUs despite fears of a BGA-only market.

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AMD has chimed in on the Intel rumor by stating it will continue to offer socketed CPUs despite fears of a BGA-only market.[/QUOTE]

Well yes, but unless they get their act together, their CPUs hardly count :razz:

[QUOTE]Tracking AMD's progress and comparing it to other companies is like a serial novel to me. I was thrilled when they acquired ATI.[/QUOTE]

I groaned when AMD bought ATI.

I submit that their troubles began then with over-extension. I had ATI graphics at the time. Driver support went pretty far down, and the applications associated with All In Wonder video capture became pretty much unusable.

It can be argued that Intel's overwhelming lead in technology now has something to do with AMD's weak status. But it also seems pretty clear that getting the company in over its head to the point of laying off the very engineers who might help them catch up is not a recipe for success.

My last few builds were AMD, starting with the Thunderbird Athlon. That chip line arguably performed better than the then-current Intel CPUs. Beyond a certain loyalty (which is probably misplaced,) I like having [B][I]some[/I][/B] major competitor to keep Intel pushing ahead with technology, and to hold down price points.

It would be bad for all of us if Intel became a virtual monopoly.

If amd was an effective competitor for intel currently we would have 6 if not 8 core ivy bridge cpus already rather than just 4.

[QUOTE=henryzz;320642]If amd was an effective competitor for intel currently we would have 6 if not 8 core ivy bridge cpus already rather than just 4.[/QUOTE]

Well, yeah. And they would be cheaper. But it still could be worse.

Intel has finally stepped forth to defend its position on socket-based CPUs.
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