What is AMD's Future?

[PRKSlayer]

I decided to go with the AMD FX 8350 for my recent PC build. While I'm proud of the CPU I purchased I am wondering about the future of AMD. I know that Intel continues to advance but is AMD doing or planning to do the same thing?

 

[Supernova1138]

AMD has pretty much given up on the high end CPU market and are focusing exclusively on low end chips for mobile devices and low cost desktop systems. AMD has said nothing about a successor for Piledriver on any of their roadmaps, so at this point I don't think we're going to see a real CPU out of them again, just a bunch of APUs with decent IGPs but with rather anemic processing power.

AMD seems to be hoping that unifying system and graphics memory and using more GPU computing will make up for the weak processing power of their APUs, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that, as it requires software developers to code their programs to take advantage of that. Developers didn't seem to rush to get all their programs to use 8 cores when Bulldozer came out, and probably aren't going to rush to rewrite their programs to benefit from those features when they become available.

 

[TStahler]

Even if AMD made a new high end processor, It would probably have 16 cores and no hyperthreading where no programs could truly utilize its potential. It would probably run an easy 5GHz while pushing out a TDP of over 400 watts and would need to be cooled with a bucket of liquid nitrogen being poured directly onto it every fifteen minutes just to keep it cool.

On a plus side, One would never have to leave their computer desk to reheat their dinner, They could literally just cook it right on top of the computer case.

Cheers!

 

[anxiousinfusion]

AMD's major focuses for the short term future involve increasing performance per watt (driven mostly by the mobile revolution) and expanding beyond just x86.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

They could literally just cook it right on top of the computer case.
Cheers!

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