but years later even amd is cheap its still more powerfull than intel.
astria izzit correct? before the dual core generation.

Memory makers have been making losses for the past 18 quarters... long before the current credit crunch sets in...

not to scare u... but yeah, that's reality

Usually is a 10 year cycle, so you should be safe at that time. But this time the economic down turn has change the way consumer spending the money.

oh, u mean Athlon64??? yeah, that was a nice game from AMD...

but think another way, without Athlon64, we might not ve Core 2, and at such prices...

and that prompted AMD to make Phenom and perfect it to Phenom II...

so yeah, competition is good...

yeap usually a 10 year cycle lol.

my gosh....maybe i have to make a change in the world...poison even more ppl to change the world? hahaha

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Added on April 27, 2009, 1:24 amthey actually came out with very nice stuff, just need some time to build up their reputation again

This post has been edited by weiyap_tan: Apr 27 2009, 01:24 AM

yeap.
i still have one piece here.
memories.
1st time i can beat intel lol.

If the market left AMD, it is not a healthy sign. You can see in Malaysia, a lot of monopoly don't yield competitiveness of the company. If the graphic market left Intel only, we gonna get crappy word capable gpu. If Nvidia is the only gpu maker, we will not get 9800GTX+ priced at current market price. AMD and ATI creating competitive market that benefit the consumer.

for AMD's cse it's sort of viscious cycle...

CPU not appealing, less demand

less demand, lower price to stimulate it

lower prices = less profit

less profit = less money for R&D

less R&D = not so good CPU

so yeah..

till now they still having quite a lot of debt...

hopefully once The Foundry is setup, things will get better for them...

yeap.
if there is no competition i think the price will be crazy.
even p4 is rm 3k T.T

actually, if Intel really want to kill AMD, it's very easy...

they juz need to tear the contract that authorizes AMD to make x86 CPU...

but of course, they "can't" do that becuz of all the anti-monopoly laws...

haha, this will depends on how the company manage their capital di,

At least AMD lose less amount compare to the last quarter, hope they can turn profit this year. Then Intel will start waking up.

yes, this lawis very useful, at least can protect customers from being manipulated by those big company. If not, we won't have linux and mac OS now

for AMD, it's mainly becuz of the K10 CPU (aka Phenom I)

delayed again and again... by the time it hit market, C2D was already everywhere...

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Added on April 27, 2009, 1:31 amIntel is not slow la...

the upcoming Lynnfield is pretty promising... especially the Turbo Boost technique, can oc quite a lot leh...

This post has been edited by astria: Apr 27 2009, 01:31 AM

hmmm, nvm, they still have chance to come out with some brilliant idea

They cannot tear that agreement, since the current x64 is from AMD own creation, Intel will lose all the 64bit processor, AMD cannot make any x86 base processor. The processor market will collapse. Therefore, definitely the government will come in and stop such dispute.

they will need to bank on Phenom II... at least it can attract overclckers... the new Phenom II x4 955BE reportedly can hit 7GHz on liquid nitrogen...

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Added on April 27, 2009, 1:34 ami think more like catastrophic...

considering all desktops and laptops are using x86 CPU...

This post has been edited by astria: Apr 27 2009, 01:34 AM

liquid nitrogen? -170C...wah...how r we going to put that in our house....hmm, if they can make it into laptop gpu, then outting in even more hardcore gpu is not going to be a prob

Overclocker is a small market, but their platform provide upgrade path for current AM2+ user is a plus. Not like Intel tick-tock model, you have to change everything.