AMD to Make a Tablet Chip in the Future

[cookoy]

when the market is big enough, Intel and ARM would have long established their footholds and AMD would just start doing R&D to get into the game. How sad! AMD seems to be doing catch-up every time.

 

[igot1forya]

Every Sci-Fi film/book/show seems to highlight the use of Tablet's (and they come up with awesome ideas). The problem is that the people working on these Sci-Fi productions needs to be working on the design and development of Tablets back in reality... Tablet designers today are nothing more than Laptop designers working without a formal keyboard. With a tablet, you have to start from scratch!

 

[Guest]

@tehsek and feeddagoat

Unfortunately AMD is not Intel or Microsoft, they dont have that kind of financial muscle, dividing your R&D budget in an attempt to break a market that only currently accounts for some 5% at the expense of development for your mainstream product is close to suicide. They choose to be a little smarter and watch the market knowing that any development they do in the notebook market could be translated to the tablet market and right now they really do need to beef up their notebook portfolio

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]TheCapulet[/nom]You fail at counting. ATI division is up 33% year over year, and hit their 25 millionth DX11 gpu sold this month. Lets get one thing straight... ATI was the smartest move AMD ever made, and it has carried them through this slump.[/citation]
Very true, ATI has kept AMD going, now if they can just improve their CPUs they can really give Intel and nVidia a run for their money and force faster innovation and pricing on all fronts.

 

[bustapr]

That attitude could be changing, especially after seeing how much success Apple's been having with its giant iPod touch.

this made me laugh

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

i hope that amd wont leave us with intel..

 

[old_newbie]

The tablet wave will be hitting in 2011 with iPad competitors, so wouldn't AMD already be late to the party if it doesn't already have a solution? Not in AMD's mind. Right now, the company's success comes from desktop and server processors.

Wait...AMD HAD a solution in their handheld division but sold it off to Qualcomm (of Snapdragon fame) to get some quick cash and focus on their "core business" of server and desktops. And isnt Qualcomm also entering the tablet market...but now with AMD intellectual propery from that aquisition (namely graphics core tech Imageon, now called Adreno)?

I think right now AMD actually CANT enter the tablet market. They would be competing against their own technology which was sold to Qualcomm. They HAVE to R&D new mobile graphics tech to differentiate themselves.

 

[sinfulpotato]

[citation][nom]Zulfadhli[/nom]i hope that amd wont leave us with intel..[/citation]

Won't happen, someone will buy AMD and pump money in before AMD would exit the CPU market. AMD can take a bullet to the forehead and still be around.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

[citation][nom]sinfulpotato[/nom]Won't happen, someone will buy AMD and pump money in before AMD would exit the CPU market. AMD can take a bullet to the forehead and still be around.[/citation]

+1

 

[K2N hater]

Let's wait for Fusion...

 

[CyberAngel]

Ultra Low Power chip with AMD CPU + ATI GPU could also be sold to tablet makers