Re: [Rumor] AMD's 45nm 'Deneb' core to launch at 4.4GHz?

Quoting UPSLynx

I agree. I think AMD will bounce back soon and finally compete for top spot, but don't expect it to happen immediately. It'll be good for both companies once it happesn though.

One thing we have to remember which is rarely talked about is AMD is under contract with intel to produce chips on the x86 form factor.A cross liscince agreement I believe it's called.

Under it's current contract AMD is only allowed a maximum of 20% of the x86 market. If it exceeds that then it has to renegotiate with Intel. So if it comes to renegotiation's it'll be very expensive for AMD. And if AMD renegotiates it will have be in a state of long term technological dominance. If it doesn't, it won't survive the off years. Historically AMD profits one year and doesn't the next. The past two years are the exception. So I really don't think there will be anytime in the near future where AMD will outsell Intel. Oh they will get a quarter here and there in but they are not going to go over that 20% mark. They may get the performance crown back but they don't want to outsell Intel.

Maybe there is someone more knowledgeable in the agreement between AMD and intel that could commit. That's the way I see it.