By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
disolitude on 23 January 2013
Edit Thread
Soleron said:
disolitude said:
Soleron said:
disolitude said:
...

I've read on a few blogs and sites that Steamroller will be AM3+ based while Excavator will be the new platform which adds things like PCIe 3.0 controller, DDR4 support, tripple channel memory and god knows what else. I know it's not official, but rumblings are that AM3+ will get another chip out from AMD.

I don't think so but we'll see.

AMD might not even survive to 2014 given the financials.

Someone needs to explain this mornings AMD's stock market performance to me... After last nights earnings, sense, this makes none.

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AMD&ql=0

They beat analyst's expectations. And they plan more layoffs which stock markets always like whether they make sense or not.

It's just that I see no area they could make progress in vs. Intel and return to profit. In 2014 they'll be selling 28nm chips against 14nm. Intel has caught up on graphics with Haswell+silicon interposer judging by the demo vs  a GT650M.


I've seen some pretty valid debates about that demo accusing intel of shady business. Something about limiting FPS to 30 on both rigs... After the revised ivy bridge TDP lie they tried to sell at CES, people were calling them out on everything.

Regardless though, I agree that AMD is trouble, but I don't think it's because of falling behind intel in the enthusiast market or even performance in general. Competing with Intel at 300+ dollar price points is not what would have saved them. Being competitive with laptops in terms of power consumption, and having a sound mobile strategy however...