About AMD and Intel chips

[krissel]

The analogies and metaphors abound.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives...d.html#comments


Then there was the report that Apple was buying into AMD.

http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/11...&frame=true

[dolphin]

QUOTE(krissel @ Dec 13 2007, 01:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The analogies and metaphors abound.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives...d.html#comments


Then there was the report that Apple was buying into AMD.

http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/11...&frame=true

Do you think she still has a job??? That is quite a faux pas!

[Xairbusdriver]

In the race to name new products, the public will usually suffer. - Anonymous consumer

In a race to be the first with "news", the listener/reader will always suffer. - Anonymous listener

[sandbox]

Intel had in 2005 a low powered, cool running chip, AMD didn't.
I suspect today is no different, AMD does well on desktops.
Apple has it's focus on mobility=merom

[Paddy]

The fact that these nutjobs at Faux News actually entertained the idea that Apple would buy into AMD indicates a serious lack of (a)business knowledge and (b) common sense. AMD has been struggling for years - they create products and then never manage to meet their manufacturing and distribution targets. Lately, they haven't managed to create competitive products. Sad, really - but my guess is that they have lost their focus and gotten too big. Buying ATI doesn't seem to have helped either company; word from those still at ATI is that working there is now like working for an unwieldy pachyderm. Every decision has to be cleared with the higher-ups at AMD and everything takes forever. (I have a good friend who worked there for many years and still has inside contacts).

[sandbox]

Paddy, change is not easy but I suspect AMD/ATI will make the best of it in time. Folks around prefer AMD chips when building their Game Boxes, so I don't see AMD going away anytime soon. I know someone in Sunnyvale ca. that has worked for them from the beginning. They seem to think that AMD has a bright future ahead of them. If you just think about the volume of chips that will go into the OLPC project and the subsequent projects that will follow, the numbers are huge.

AMD stepped up when intel just scoffed at the project, and for that insight alone I would buy their stock. AMD & Lenux will do just fine in future markets. There is a larger market for low end gadgets rather than high end, and as of this year you can buy a AMD Lenux laptop or desktop right off the shelf from major manufacturers.

I'll have one here in my XO1 in a few weeks, built with a AMD Geode LX-700 433Mhz .13 micron chip, I let you know how it goes!!