Is AMD Dead Yet?

TheProcess writes "Back in February 2003, IBM predicted that AMD would be dead in 5 years (original article here), with IBM and Intel the only remaining players in the chip market. Well, 5 years have passed and AMD is still alive. However, its finances and stock price have taken a serious beating over the last year. AMD was once a darling in this community — the plucky, up-and-coming challenger to the Intel behemoth. Will AMD still be here in 5 years? Can they pose a credible competitive threat to Intel's dominance? Do they still have superior but unappreciated technology? Or are they finally old hat? Can they really recover?"

Comments

Re:Why did they buy ATI?

[Beliskner]

Is it? Don't gamerz upgrade their $1500 gaphics card every three months or so?

Exactly! Imagine how much money AMD would make if everyone upgraded their CPU every three months!!! It's their master plan!

Re:Slow/quick end....

[rucs_hack]

Excellent points sir.
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"Is AMD Dead Yet?"

[ettlz]

Whoa, one thing at a time — let's see off BSD first, OK?

Re:AMD did it to themselves

[Imsdal]

How about Zilog or Motorola? Last time I checked, they had some great procesors.

For full disclosure, I should add that last I checked was twenty years ago.

Re:Don't think so.

[glwtta]

full metal gates

Some kind of Microsoft-themed manga?

In other news, IBM reported dead

[obstalesgone]

Ironic that IBM isn't manufacturing popular CPU's anymore.

Re:Paernt is the liar

[hedwards]

You admit to using Windows? Good for you! Indeed, admitting one has a problem is the first step to recovery.

Re:Paernt is the liar

[Vexorian]

Warning: Link leads to a malicious website.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.