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averyblund on 18 March 2009

This is a joke played out every few years.

Right now Intel is being threatened by the EU with anti-competitive behavior, if they kill AMD I have no doubt they would receive heavy sanctions.

Secondly chip design takes years. If Intel lost x64 they would be essentially chip less for a year at least. Itanium is expensive and stuck in the low 1ghz level, and that is the ONLY viable 64bit architecture they have- and a lousy one at that.

Also Intel is killing AMD right now, so there isn't much of a competitive advantage to twisting the knife further especially when they stand to lose so much to IBM, Sun, VIA and other chipmakers.

If this were to ever happen it would destroy the entire PC market overnight.



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niksta2 on 18 March 2009
Slimebeast said:
It's no problem, it won't happen. AMD is safe.

AMD mite fall because of bad economy and bankrupcy some day, but the legal sistem won't cause them any truble. Even if Intel was right they can't win in court as long as they are so dominant on the processer market, politics are afraid of a total Intel monopoly.

 

How would an intel monopoly possibly affect politicians? Consumers should be more afraid then politics.



SnesTea on 18 March 2009

AMD > Intel.



Senlis on 19 March 2009
rendo said:
AMD > Intel
Linux > Windows
Nvidia > AMD
Me > Everyone else in the world.

/thread.

^ this

Except for the last part.  You forgot about me.  Me > You > Everyone else in the world.

 




 

Soleron on 19 March 2009
Senlis said:
rendo said:
AMD > Intel
Linux > Windows
Nvidia > AMD
Me > Everyone else in the world.

/thread.
...

 

Not after RV790 comes out.

 



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superchunk on 19 March 2009

hope not. Their competition only helps us consumers.



famousringo on 19 March 2009
niksta2 said:
Slimebeast said:
It's no problem, it won't happen. AMD is safe.

AMD mite fall because of bad economy and bankrupcy some day, but the legal sistem won't cause them any truble. Even if Intel was right they can't win in court as long as they are so dominant on the processer market, politics are afraid of a total Intel monopoly.

 

How would an intel monopoly possibly affect politicians? Consumers should be more afraid then politics.

 

In theory, those consumers also elect politicians to work on their behalf.

But when monopolies finance political campaigns, things start getting murky.



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rendo on 19 March 2009
Soleron said:
Senlis said:
rendo said:
AMD > Intel
Linux > Windows
Nvidia > AMD
Me > Everyone else in the world.

/thread.
...

 

Not after RV790 comes out.

 

That's the least important comparison in there.  The most important is Me > Everyone else in the world and I'm glad you made the right choice and agreed. :b

 



rendo on 03 April 2009
Soleron said:
Senlis said:
rendo said:
AMD > Intel
Linux > Windows
Nvidia > AMD
Me > Everyone else in the world.

/thread.
...

 

Not after RV790 comes out.

 

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2344294,00.asp

Apparently they're only about equal, this review giving it a slight edge to the Nvidia. D:  Nvidia > AMD.