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AMD Hits Milestone in Server Market
DontClickHere writes "According to data from Mercury Research, AMD has finally cracked the 10% mark in x86 instruction set server CPUs. AMD's Chairman had hoped that their server sales would hit 10% at the end of 2004, but they had only reached 5.7%. Some of this gain can be attributed to AMD's introduction of dual core chips in April this year. With Intel only due to ship dual core chips for low end servers later this year, AMD has been handed a golden opportunity to take a larger share in the server market."
Cheap car manufacturers, like Hyundai, came into my sights years ago.
I remember when I first saw a Hyundai commercial. It seemed as though every vehicle they made was under $10,000.00.
The cars were so cheap, and so poorly built, the company had an instant reputation for making a very cheap low quality vehicle.
Today, although I know some Hyundai's cost upwards of $30,000.00 -- and carry a 10 year 100,000 mile warranty - I still think of Hyundai of a cheap, poorly made vehicle.
I will probably always think of Hyndai this way, or atleast until they do something truly innovative -- like create some fantastic new vehicle that everyone ELSE tries to immitate - rather than the other way around.
My opinion of AMD was formed much this same way.
AMD made very cheap, inferior processors for years.
Even if AMD is making better CPUs now, comprable in quality and speed to Intel, even -- they still have yet to do something truly innovative to force me to rethink my opinion of them and their product.
Marketing people called in branding. Well, AMD, you're branded. That's the problem from where I sit.
And what's worse, is it seems the moment AMD gets close to intel in quality - they jack their price up to meet or exceed Intel's pricing.
That type of marketing is hardly going to encourage ME to switch from a time honored and trusted manufacturer.
That's just my opinion.