AMD in 2012: Cloudy With a Chance of Tablets

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foolish fools.

Well, I guess when you bomb really bad in your main market *cough* Bulldozer *cough* you look for other opportunities for revenue. Even so tablets are a low margin business and if AMD puts too many resources into it before they are really ready to compete they will loose alot of money. Of course, Dirk Meyer knew that.
 
[citation][nom]megamanx00[/nom]foolish fools.Well, I guess when you bomb really bad in your main market *cough* Bulldozer *cough* you look for other opportunities for revenue. Even so tablets are a low margin business and if AMD puts too many resources into it before they are really ready to compete they will loose alot of money. Of course, Dirk Meyer knew that.[/citation]

Bulldozer was everything but a "main market" product. Chipset manufacturers make 95% of their money off either consumer grade products (aka, Dell laptops and Emachines, workstations fall in this class of bulk product) or high end servers. AMD has never been a big server chip maker, Xeon has dominated for a while.

But the target audience of i7 chips and Bulldozer is strictly an enthusiast DYI builder class of buyer. They recognize it is often this audience that makes the buying decisions for everyone else, but their main revenue stream is not selling high end CPUs. For every Sandy Bridge E chip they sell this quarter they will sell thousands of i3s. For every bulldozer chip, hundreds of llanos.
 
The whole concept of the "cloud" is anathema to the PERSONAL Computer. I want all of it, especially my data, where only I can get my grubby mitts on it. If I want to communicate with "X," I will send an email to "X," not puffed like a smoke signal into some cloud. If I want an update or download from "Y," I'll connect to "Y," not to some cloud aggregation that will send me who knows what, or tell who knows who just what I downloaded.
 
[citation][nom]jtt283[/nom]The whole concept of the "cloud" is anathema to the PERSONAL Computer. I want all of it, especially my data, where only I can get my grubby mitts on it. If I want to communicate with "X," I will send an email to "X," not puffed like a smoke signal into some cloud. If I want an update or download from "Y," I'll connect to "Y," not to some cloud aggregation that will send me who knows what, or tell who knows who just what I downloaded.[/citation]

I second that. I am extremely wary of cloud storage, gaming, or computing. I want no part of it. I don't trust it. I don't see how or why it is a good idea. I don't like the privacy risk, or the security risk. I just do not see a single upside to it.
 
[citation][nom]spentshells[/nom]HP tablet = failRIM tablet = fail99% of Android tablets = failThere is a pattern can you see it ?this is apple turf smarten up.um unless you are joining apple which I could see happening[/citation]

AMD is not planning on making a tablet. They are planning on making a processor for a tablet. Big difference, but I guess your lack of logical deduction can be forgiven, since being intelligent and being an apple fan are mutually exclusive.
 
I agree that AMD is chasing its own tail here. The netbook craze lasted about 3 years, now they are nowhere. The tablet phase too will pass. I don't mean they will stop selling them, but I don't think they will be the hottest item for long. Remember PDA's? You'll have too many "me too!" type products coming to market, then you'll have legitimate contenders with Apple. At any rate, when consumers can get the same experience from a phone the tablets will become somewhat passe.

With the netbooks, the lack of power and graphics holds them back from keeping a large market share. Noone wants to pay $300 for an inadequate laptop, we can see that now.

Obviously mobility is here to stay, but form factors will change. What I think AMD should work on is wireless connectivity, such as the wireless video tech in the core i3/i5 processors. Moving all devices toward wireless and mobile just makes sense for what consumers want.

Think about this, if all these devices connected wirelessly regardless of protocol (bluetooth, wifi, 4G, or some newer tech) because it was built into every APU people would certainly buy this. Let's say you enjoy the tablet because the larger touchscreen works with your big hands and is easier to write with. Depending on your location, it would use the fastest connection available to stay permanently connected except for the most remote rural areas. You can also communicate with any networks that use different protocols. You can walk into a meeting room in the office building of a competitor, wirelessly connector to their projector, and show them with your tablet why they should accept your proposal. Communication would no longer be limited by technology but actually enhanced by many times what we enjoy today. Phones are very close to reaching this ideal, but still have some limited internet usability. It looks like WIN8 will move toward this type of convergence. The way I see it, form factors will come and go but mobile connectivity and communications will continue to be at the center of everything. Hopefully, AMD will have some folks smart enough to figure this out before putting all their efforts into one form factor or another. Work on refining the APU to be a very powerful yet small and mobile processor that can power any number of devices. Then show the world that you have the facilities to keep up with demand for such ubiquitous devices.
 
[citation][nom]spentshells[/nom]HP tablet = failRIM tablet = fail99% of Android tablets = failThere is a pattern can you see it ?this is apple turf smarten up.um unless you are joining apple which I could see happening[/citation]
couldn't agree more. this tablet crap is not going to make AMD money, what are they thinking. The whole tablet fad will slowly die off once people realise they are useless unless AMD can get into bed with Apple, and chances for that are low.
 
Tablets market will keep growing and growing...

they are about worthless, so in america that means it will sell like hotcakes

its all about marketing
 
To everyone talking down at tablets, just remember how well the ARM is doing right now and how well the low power llano chips are doing. As more and more low level tablets come out more people will buy them, example would be the kindle fire it can't do everything but it does almost everything the common consumer needs. I think the biggest thing is AMD has to move to a form factor seen in tables and ultrabooks (or whatever they are called) because I bet you in five years we will be using that instead of the traditional notebook.

Face it CD drives are going away just like floppy did, and even the 'crappy' netbooks/tablets can do 90% of what most people need at a decent price point.
 
While browsing the web on a 3-inch screen isn't pleasant at all carrying a 10-inch tablet around isn't as fun as Apple claims to be. I say 6-inch devices with long battery life, large screen, dual cameras, good phoning and 4G performance are the way to go now.
 
Using a Apple Ipad in School
I didn't buy it, but The Academy I'm in gave it to us.
Personally I like Android.

I'm not saying it will replace my pen and paper but it beats carrying around a Laptop, Ultrabook, or Netbook for looking up stuff and taking notes in class.

It's not entirely useless.

Hey if AMD can get x86 to run well on a tablet. They can get the same chip running in a Cellphone. I might just buy one. Especially when AMD and Intel are pushing Android onto the x86 platform like intel.
 
[citation][nom]megamanx00[/nom]foolish fools.Well, I guess when you bomb really bad in your main market *cough* Bulldozer *cough* you look for other opportunities for revenue. Even so tablets are a low margin business and if AMD puts too many resources into it before they are really ready to compete they will loose alot of money. Of course, Dirk Meyer knew that.[/citation]

Nice try, Intard. So, AMD might "loose" money eh? "alot" of it? Can't Intel afford bashers who finished elementary school?

APU technology will allow AMD make the most powerful tablets by far!
 
[citation][nom]megamanx00[/nom]foolish fools.Well, I guess when you bomb really bad in your main market *cough* Bulldozer *cough* you look for other opportunities for revenue. Even so tablets are a low margin business and if AMD puts too many resources into it before they are really ready to compete they will loose alot of money. Of course, Dirk Meyer knew that.[/citation]

In the future, before attempting to call someone or something foolish, be sure that you don't make yourself look foolish in the process, thus becoming the butt of your own joke. 😉
 
[citation][nom]mikenygmail[/nom]Nice try, Intard. So, AMD might "loose" money eh? "alot" of it? Can't Intel afford bashers who finished elementary school?APU technology will allow AMD make the most powerful tablets by far![/citation]

APU technology wil allow AMD to make the most powerful tablets by far! :)
 
[citation][nom]buzznut[/nom]I agree that AMD is chasing its own tail here. The netbook craze lasted about 3 years, now they are nowhere. The tablet phase too will pass. I don't mean they will stop selling them, but I don't think they will be the hottest item for long. Remember PDA's? You'll have too many "me too!" type products coming to market, then you'll have legitimate contenders with Apple. At any rate, when consumers can get the same experience from a phone the tablets will become somewhat passe. With the netbooks, the lack of power and graphics holds them back from keeping a large market share. Noone wants to pay $300 for an inadequate laptop, we can see that now. Obviously mobility is here to stay, but form factors will change. What I think AMD should work on is wireless connectivity, such as the wireless video tech in the core i3/i5 processors. Moving all devices toward wireless and mobile just makes sense for what consumers want. Think about this, if all these devices connected wirelessly regardless of protocol (bluetooth, wifi, 4G, or some newer tech) because it was built into every APU people would certainly buy this. Let's say you enjoy the tablet because the larger touchscreen works with your big hands and is easier to write with. Depending on your location, it would use the fastest connection available to stay permanently connected except for the most remote rural areas. You can also communicate with any networks that use different protocols. You can walk into a meeting room in the office building of a competitor, wirelessly connector to their projector, and show them with your tablet why they should accept your proposal. Communication would no longer be limited by technology but actually enhanced by many times what we enjoy today. Phones are very close to reaching this ideal, but still have some limited internet usability. It looks like WIN8 will move toward this type of convergence. The way I see it, form factors will come and go but mobile connectivity and communications will continue to be at the center of everything. Hopefully, AMD will have some folks smart enough to figure this out before putting all their efforts into one form factor or another. Work on refining the APU to be a very powerful yet small and mobile processor that can power any number of devices. Then show the world that you have the facilities to keep up with demand for such ubiquitous devices.[/citation]

You seem to be talking about your own experience. Most people who use computers don't use it to game nor do the tablets owners. PC is a dying platform and it's obvious that tablets are the next wave of the future.
 
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