AMD releases three new processors today

BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of PropagandaOKC Icrontian
edited July 2009 in Science & Tech
AMD releases three new processors today

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  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    Man, these TDPs seem fairly monstrous compared to the (admittedly low-end) processors we heard about from Intel the other day with 25-35W TDPs.
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    TDP shrinks with die shrinks. Those Intel chips are 32nm so it's no wonder they're pushing such low numbers.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    No doubt, but die shrinks come with architecture and process improvements, and it just highlights how far ahead Intel is at the moment in both areas.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    It's really cool to think that a incandescent lightbulb uses more power than a processor.
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    AMD really needs to develope something innovative to stay competative. You can only survive with inferior products undercutting on price for so long before you wind up as the GM of the microprocessor market.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    What AMD needs is a new Athlon 64.
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    They had the Athon 64, it was superior, why did they not rule the market then?

    What AMD needs is a fair, level, competitive market full of well educated consumers.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    But they can't make that happen, so they need to learn how to compete on the field that DOES exist, not a fantasy world
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    Cowon has superior audio players, why don't they rule the market?

    Because marketing rules the market, as long as your product is not an utter piece of garbage.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    Cliff_Forster wrote:
    They had the Athon 64, it was superior, why did they not rule the market then?

    What AMD needs is a fair, level, competitive market full of well educated consumers.

    AMD was gaining more market share in a shorter amount of time than it ever had in the history of the company with the Athlon 64. Rather than follow up on the groundswell of good will with another great architecture, it fell flat on its face with the crappy Phenom. It has only barely recovered with the Phenom II, but the earnings reports still paint a dire picture for a company which was once moving into the black.

    Rome was not built in a day. It was destroyed a hell of a lot faster.
  • miragemirage
    edited July 2009
    Okay guys, mark my words. Call Phenom crappy, AMD's last earnings picture bleak, or say whatever you want. Here is what I see: AMD's worst days are over. Phenom II is a good enough product together with the ATI products and restructuring (shrinking) of the company to make AMD profitable again. I believe, at the latest Q1'10, AMD will be back in black with a good lesson learned about overgrowth.

    But it is practically impossible to dominate the CPU market for AMD simply because Intel is such a behemoth with a revenue two times its closest competitor (Samsung) and ~12% of the production capacity in semicon industry.
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