Is Qualcomm the New AMD?

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 20, 2012 @09:55AM from the champing-at-the-bit dept.

colinneagle writes "It's a darned shame, but the writing is on the wall for AMD. The ATI graphics business is the only thing keeping it afloat right now as sales shrivel up and the company faces yet another round of staffing cuts. You can only cut so many times before there's no one left to innovate you out of the mess you're in. Qualcomm, on the other hand, dominates this space, and it has the chips to back it up. The Snapdragon line of ARM-based processors alone is found in a ridiculous number of prominent devices, including Samsung Galaxy S II and S III, Nokia Lumia 900 and 920, Asus Transformer Pad Infinity and the Samsung Galaxy Note. Mind you, Samsung is also in the ARM processor business, yet it is licensing Qualcomm's parts. That's quite a statement."

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Re:Anything that ends in a question mark.... by ThePeices · 2012-10-20 10:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Anything that ends in a question mark.......can be answered with a "no"
Can anything that ends in a question mark be answered no?
Re:Anything that ends in a question mark.... by ericloewe · 2012-10-20 11:11 · Score: 5, Funny

I must ask that you refrain from creating paradoxes. You might trap a defenceless AI that happened to be reading these comments.
Have a heart and help those who can't defend themselves.
Re:If AMD Dies... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-20 12:14 · Score: 0, Funny

A moment later they will explain how those evil oil and insurance companies make too much money (both single digit margins!)
Re:Anything that ends in a question mark.... by supersloshy · 2012-10-20 13:51 · Score: 4, Funny

What did he do there?
No.

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