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The Ups and Downs of AMD (hackaday.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the winning-is-everything dept.

szczys writes: In 2003 AMD was on top of the world. Now they're not, but they're also still in business. AMD continues to produce inexpensive, well-engineered semiconductors. The fall over the last 10 years is due to Intel, who used illegal practices and ethically questionable engineering decisions to knock AMD off their roost while still keeping them in business. The latter prevents the finger of antitrust from being pointed at Intel the way it was for Ma Bell.

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  1. Re: Fair and Balanced? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And 40% of the US population thinks passing more gun control will make them safe, ignoring the reason above.