[CNET] Is AMD still relevant?

apoppin · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:09 am

i believe we have said all of this before. Did anyone notice an AMD "ultrabook" at Computex. i see plenty of Intel and Nvidia solutions.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-574486 ... -relevant/

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AMD's problem for many years has been to overpromise and underdeliver. It began in earnest with the quad-core Barcelona chip debacle and has continued with the perennial promise of a CPU-GPU combo that will KO Intel.

But it gets worse. Not only has AMD lost the PC war to Intel, but as the world shifts to tablets, hybrids, and smartphones, AMD is a virtual no-show.

Intel -- which faces its own very serious challenge from the ARM camp of Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments -- will at least be a force in Windows 8 ultrabooks, hybrids, and tablets while it continues to own the traditional PC space.

No, I'm not declaring an AMD death watch. Hewlett-Packard, for instance, will continue to use AMD processors in plenty of low-end laptops. And standalone GPUs from AMD (that is, from the former ATI) will be competitive, as will some of the company's server tech.

jaydip · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:13 am

For gpu yes but for cpu they are irrelevant

apoppin · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:15 am

What is AMD's main business?

Not GPU

apoppin · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:17 am

Now this brings up a question.

How much has AMD grown ATI's graphics division?

At most it was worth $5 billion dollars when they bought it. And how much has the volume of sales gone up? Is it more profitable now, 6 or so years after the acquisition? And how would ATI have done if they were never acquired by AMD?

jaydip · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:17 am

How's their APU section doing?

jaydip · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:19 am

I don't understand finance very much but I think their gpu division is a meager contributor to their overall revenue

apoppin · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:19 am

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How's their APU section doing?

Good question.

And did you see any AMD-based ultrabooks released?

apoppin · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:20 am

jaydip wrote:

I don't understand finance very much but I think their gpu division is a meager contributor to their overall revenue

So then they are not relevant. If they are not growing ATI division significantly, they are going backwards.

jaydip · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:48 am

apoppin wrote:

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How's their APU section doing?

Good question.

And did you see any AMD-based ultrabooks released?

Nope not yet,but I think I heard about trinity ultrabooks not so sure really.Unfortunately their cpu is still way far behind than Intel

SickBeast · **Joined:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 3975

AMD is no longer relevant in terms of desktop CPUs.

You know it's bad when Intel's low end dual core i3 can beat their high end 8 core Bulldozer in many benchmarks.

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