AMD CEO Left Over Mobile Strategy Disagreement

[nebun]

intel is on top and will be on top for a long time, they can't compete with intel

 

[Vermil]

Technology&business is the art of the possible. Steven Jobs know that. Dirk Meyer knows that. MS's Ballmer sure as hell doesn't know that and AMD's board doesn't either. Pity. With the resources AMD has available to invest in this, AMD doesn't have a chance in hell to compete in the mobile market. Everything they do will be money thrown into the furnace. I think this board decision will be another step towards the end for AMD.

...And everybody is overestimating "the cloud". Cloud computing is actually NOT in the interest of any IT-consumers. It's just Google's plan for world domination and extorting massive amounts of money for very little. Some day, maybe all the poor fools will wake up.

 

[doron]

[citation][nom]Nintendork[/nom]Bobcat destroy Atom in power, power efficiency and price. Is that what you call medioce? Come on...Brazos is an awesome platform, not even with the help of ION Atom can compete, their cpu's sux, their igp sux, using nvidia ION the power consumption is near 50%+ higher than a equivalent Zacate+HD6310.At the same price of an ION you get more cpu, more gpu more ram, HDD, etc with a Zacate setup.[/citation]

I know the bobcat architecture is more efficient however it does consume more power than atom.

I'm just saying - Think about how long it took amd to get a good architecture for the notebook / netbook market. Now think about what would've happened if they ALSO spent tons of resources on a mobile market architecture, before even setting a steady foot on the notebook market.

Keep in mind that even the (way) more resourceful Intel is taking its time with Moorestown (the atom-aimed for tablets) and they've got the puny atom architecture, which is evidently a far cry from fitting into a tablet (considering how long it's taking them to design something appropriate).

Why plunge into a new territory now when you just set foot on a new one? Get some revenue and improve your current holdings and then expand. Otherwise i'd call it losing direction.

 

[zodiacfml]

not AMD nor Intel can compete against ARM, unless the Apps or OS required more performance which could happen in the near future.

AMD chose not to develop anything against the Atom as they were already quite full acquiring ATI and then focused on creating Fusion. Unfortunately, Intel has a lot of cash to burn.



There's something fishy going on in AMD, and i've read that shareholders are selling AMD shares.

 

[geekapproved]

AMD does not need a cpu that outperforms Intel. They only did that once in their entire existence. They are quite happy being number 2. Which is why they need to expand to other markets.

 

[hardcore_gamer]

[citation][nom]doron[/nom]I know the bobcat architecture is more efficient however it does consume more power than atom.I'm just saying - Think about how long it took amd to get a good architecture for the notebook / netbook market. Now think about what would've happened if they ALSO spent tons of resources on a mobile market architecture, before even setting a steady foot on the notebook market. Keep in mind that even the (way) more resourceful Intel is taking its time with Moorestown (the atom-aimed for tablets) and they've got the puny atom architecture, which is evidently a far cry from fitting into a tablet (considering how long it's taking them to design something appropriate).Why plunge into a new territory now when you just set foot on a new one? Get some revenue and improve your current holdings and then expand. Otherwise i'd call it losing direction.[/citation]

Its power consumption is higher because it contains an 80 core GPU.

 

[Guest]

sure, i think they know they can't possibly compete with intel but this move looks foolish

 

[jerreece]

AMD: You're Fired!

CDO: Why?

AMD: Cause you did a good job!

CEO: Huh?

AMD: We want to work on other stuff, like... MP3 players & Headphones.

CEO: Wait, don't we make CPUs?

AMD: Not in the future. Why do you think we dumped "ATI"? Psshhh.

CEO: I'm outta here, this is bogus.

AMD: No, I said you were fired, remember? Thanks for saving our sinking ship BTW!

 

[freshnbaked]

Quick sync...bless your heart.

unlocked cores...you can have sex with my wife.

 

[btp]

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]I hope mobile computing turns out to be another fad like 3D. Computer geeks should be at home in their basements and not "consuming content" "on the go". I'll do my part - I'm going to beat up the first guy I see using a laptop or a tablet in public.[/citation]

I'd like to see this. You should probably do it, record it, and post it on youtube or something. If only you had a device that could do all of that.....

 

[wa1]

At least they want to try their luck on mobile market...

 

[sdeleon515]

The funny part is while there is talk about cloud-based storage, mobile computing and tablets, have to keep in mind that the public doesn't change their mind readily and regardless of what we say here, the majority can think otherwise. Intel has some leverage with netbooks and its working relationship with Apple.

AMD I feel has the big problem of making changes to their retail presentation; most helpless saps who go into a Tiger Direct, Microcenter or New Egg and are actually clueless believe intel is the best. My friend was even told that a $600 Intel Pentium Dual from Dell was still better than the $600 Phenom on a Toshiba because "one was intel". There was just so much wrong with that statement alone but when shoppers are clueless, Intel tends to be a more familiar brand and it does push the general market in their favor and direction.

 

[dEAne]

so that's what holding amd, hope they can compete with the booming mobile market.

 

[goodguy713]

[citation][nom]im_caius[/nom]US internet sucks compared to Australia?I'm on the best connection in Aus i think.. i get 14mbps down and 0.8 up..I know US gets better.Plus its $150 for me.. expensive for not that good speeds. only 200GB too.[/citation]
seriously? maybe if you live in newyork i was reading that they have been testing a 50mb sec connection rate there but for people like here in indiana where im from the best you can get is like 24mb and thats fiber optic through AT&T and your still not garanteed that you can get it in your location .. i have a 17mb connection right now .. but im paying about 46 dollars a month for it.

 

[BulkZerker]

Amd did what they needed to do and they have a solid combonation here, now. Bulldoszer for servers ans workstations, zacate for mainstream. Amd does not need to set their sights on sandybridge and try to take intels butter for the bread that is the stale atom. (Overglorified pentium d, nuff said)

And amd sure as hell don't need to be trying to start selling cell phone chips. Not just yet. Developing it sure, but my god do they just need to invest in advertizing.

Superbowl commercial. Showing a cute little intel chip. Smashed by. A bulldozer. Then a coming soon followed by a amd logo and "the future is fuzion". It'll start a pwderkeg of hype. And it'll sell like CoD, only it won't suck!

 

[neiroatopelcc]

I'm not convinced this was a good move, but I suppose amd just misses the struggles and uncertain economy it used to have before dirk.

 

[Guest]

They should buy an ARM intruction set license and build an ARM SOC them selves. They should be able to compeed in this market. The mobile / netbook market is moving away from x86 and I predict that later on more of the computer industy will be moving to ARM.

 

[bildo123]

[citation][nom]bv90andy[/nom]f*** mobile, maybe do a cpu that can surpass intel and then talk about expanding to other markets.[/citation]

Pretty much this, plus, why get into another field if your just going to do sub-par, just like in the CPU area (o0o0oo0).