cidamelo Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hi friends, I've just seen a news saying AMD was going to fire workers, and the computer company wasn't passing through a good year! I am worried, because I like AMD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Probably because of Bulldozer. Where did you read this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Ohh I read in a brazilian site, it's in Portuguese, maybe you can use Google Translator if you don't know my language!! http://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/notici...ncionarios.html Bulldozer is failing? But it wasn't the fastest processor of the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Ohh I read in a brazilian site, it's in Portuguese, maybe you can use Google Translator if you don't know my language!!http://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/notici...ncionarios.html Bulldozer is failing? But it wasn't the fastest processor of the world? Nah not even close actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 PrometheusX I'm reading an article saying this!! That even though Bulldozer has 8 cores, it's only a little faster than the Core i5 and i7! http://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/notici...-bulldozer.html This world of tecnology is so fast! I am happy with my 4 cores computer and they are already did 8!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 The truth is that top-end Bulldozers arent really eight core CPU. Technically speaking, they are much closer to being four core. Calling them "eight core CPU" is just pure marketing. Actually, Bulldozer modules are quite similar (not from technical point of view ofc) to Intel's Hyper Threading - and yet Intel never said that i7 have eight, not four cores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Ohh how can you know so much things about computers?? I just can't absorve all this information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I just have way too much free time on my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3niX Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Well... The doom and gloom is quite tangible. AMD recently lost a talented CEO, COO and they have laid off 10% of their employees. Add to that the fact they have less than 20% of the market share and the fact that Bulldozer isnt really very apetizing outside the server market and you can see an ominous future arising. AMD has always provided a respectable alternative to Intel but they really seem to be sinking right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00d Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 An article from an English source here. They're cutting up to 10% of their workforce as a pre-emptive costing measure, it'd seem. The last quarter they turned a profit, but if they're spending less, I suppose they make more money. As long as there's a market, AMD aren't going anywhere. People will always want an alternative and don't like the near-monopoly intel has on the silicon market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) Many people blame AMD for it's tight ties to ATI, but it just takes one good chipset, either for mobo, or GPU cards, I'd say The prices are what drive the company to success probably. Intel was a founding father, in Silicon Valley, everything in Home Computing came from Intel as Fairchild SemiConductors. Stumbled upon this today from a PM, it's hopefully timely http://www.sharkyextreme.com/news/index.php I'm looking at some early 2000s PC mags, with actual Intel ads about HyperThreading, It's been available Pre-Multi-core, so it's nice that the latest Super-multis can have dual HT tech possible still, it makes the processor that much more capable, but again, threading is just the tool, the job is the software end Edited November 4, 2011 by Slamman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suction Testicle Man Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Apparently they're only flushing the marketing and PR departments. Money is an increasing worry for all these companies, so job cuts are going to go up, but the leaked email in that article pretty much reads (if you filter out all the team-building horsesh*t) that their marketing sucked and they neutralised those responsible. If at first you don't succeed, you fail, and the test will be terminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko427 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Any high-end laptop I'm looking for have i7 processor. Never spot any AMD processor but only in low-end laptop. So Intel is better than AMD, I guess. I have an Intel c2d P8400 and I never got any problem with it. But one thing is sure, they won't fail. They sell great GPU cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 7 five 11 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Any high-end laptop I'm looking for have i7 processor.Never spot any AMD processor but only in low-end laptop. So Intel is better than AMD, I guess. I have an Intel c2d P8400 and I never got any problem with it. But one thing is sure, they won't fail. They sell great GPU cards. That's because they use more power and generate more heat than intel. They are not up there with intel, but they are close, with a pretty competitive price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Intel's 775 multicore chips and their "i" series have both "bested" AMD's efforts. I was reading that AMD's 64 FX and x2 chips date back to a writeup in the January or December 2006 issue of Computer Shopper, something like that, PC World, either way, that was where the time of 64 bit and Pentium D dual core branch off from, Hyper Threading even earlier. AMD had their Athlon CPUs run a good distance in the early half of the 2000s. Now they are struggling, but should provide a good multicore design and not sell it for as much as Intel. Intel is like MS, they'll seemingly dominate for a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko427 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Intel's 775 multicore chips and their "i" series have both "bested" AMD's efforts. I was reading that AMD's 64 FX and x2 chips date back to a writeup in the January or December 2006 issue of Computer Shopper, something like that, PC World, either way, that was where the time of 64 bit and Pentium D dual core branch off from, Hyper Threading even earlier. AMD had their Athlon CPUs run a good distance in the early half of the 2000s. Now they are struggling, but should provide a good multicore design and not sell it for as much as Intel. Intel is like MS, they'll seemingly dominate for a long long time. In my PC I have an AMD Sempron crap. That sh*t never turned out good, always slowdown and 1.81GHz. My very old laptop iwth Intel Celeron, with the same speed, that was a good cpu. Never had slowdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I have Intel Celeron, I once asked a sales person about the difference, what I remember his response, is that some of the chip's features are either not turned on or not found embedded, one notable one is chip cache (L1, L2), MMX is supported in most all CPUs, allowing MultiMedia expansion instruction set. SSE I think was added (off the top of my head) Celeron can actually be used for some gaming, believe it or not. I've wound up with even the old Slot 1 AMD Athlons, before 1000Mhz. I don't see a need to keep 286 or 386, or 486 processors though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zisis1992 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 That's bad... I like AMD, when i was searching parts to make a PC, AMD was cheaper in the same specs Anyway, finally i bought my uncle's pc It has an AMD Athlon X2 5400+ @ 2,8GHz and it's great (for its time always) On the other hand, my grandpa's laptop (no joke ) has an Intel... Ok i can't remember which processor it is, but it's Intel, is really slow... When i use it i think i'm gonna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 That's bad... I like AMD, when i was searching parts to make a PC, AMD was cheaper in the same specs Anyway, finally i bought my uncle's pc It has an AMD Athlon X2 5400+ @ 2,8GHz and it's great (for its time always) On the other hand, my grandpa's laptop (no joke ) has an Intel... Ok i can't remember which processor it is, but it's Intel, is really slow... When i use it i think i'm gonna There are way too many variables for you to compare both laptops. They probably had different RAM, different OS, (even if its the same one might have all updates, other might not, etc), different clock speeds, etc. Anyways, I prefer Intel but I want AMD to stay alive so Intel won't be a monopoly in the CPU industry (though with the Sherman Antitrust Act, who knows what would happen if AMD went out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zisis1992 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 That's bad... I like AMD, when i was searching parts to make a PC, AMD was cheaper in the same specs Anyway, finally i bought my uncle's pc It has an AMD Athlon X2 5400+ @ 2,8GHz and it's great (for its time always) On the other hand, my grandpa's laptop (no joke ) has an Intel... Ok i can't remember which processor it is, but it's Intel, is really slow... When i use it i think i'm gonna There are way too many variables for you to compare both laptops. They probably had different RAM, different OS, (even if its the same one might have all updates, other might not, etc), different clock speeds, etc. Anyways, I prefer Intel but I want AMD to stay alive so Intel won't be a monopoly in the CPU industry (though with the Sherman Antitrust Act, who knows what would happen if AMD went out) True. Plus that people will lose their jobs... The laptop (ASUS X58L series) has 3GB RAM, my PC 2. The OS is the same, XP SP3. Anyway, it's a bit unfair to compare those computers... The ASUS was an affordable laptop, and my pc was a good machine some years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 With only Intel, someone else would have to compete, AMD had the best chances of all I know of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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