Comments on: AMD's CTO says Intel messed up

With a few strong years of market gains and product reviews, AMD isn't about to rest on its laurels.

[Kiyomizu]

Intel Messed Up, AMD Tripped.

I'm kind of bummed that AMD never foresaw the oncoming wave of Intel CD and C2D chip family.

I see them moving towards the lucrative corporate server business and away from consumer products where they have a loyal fanbase.

The world is now dominated by PC and Mac Intel products which is just right what we need. 4 and 8 core is unnecessary, maybe in another 10 years when software and apps can play catch up

AMD, I am currently disappointed in your performance.

[Hiresavi]

Re: Intel Messed Up, AMD Tripped

Good point! But, if AMD tries to consolidate itself on the server front only, it'll get hit badly someday by Intel on the server processor side. Then, they won't have a place to run to.

Instead, they probably need to shore up their mobile processor designs to match Intel on the power consumption front. Laptops are where the PC wars of the coming decades will be fought, as we are already seeing desktop variants of laptops ("home-use"/"non-portable" category).

Plus, with convergence set to become a reality finally in the next 5 yrs, power consumption will become very critical even for home-use systems!

[baswwe]

4x4 'nuff said

You just wait.. they will be back!

[domino360]

READ BEFORE YOU TALK

?Are you guys talking to Apple Computer?
Hester: We have.
Has it shown any interest?
Hester: I'd say interest, not necessarily any decisions.?

Now, the last time AMD talked to Apple was about 1.5 years ago. We haven?t heard from them ever since. So what is this Phil Hester talking about? At Apple we are baffled about his comments, and the only thing we can think of is that he?s spreading rumors before IDF ? the typical thing: stealing the thunder of another company. Is this guy a Chief Technology Officer or a bull **** artist?

As for CNETs questions, what do we think?. Enhancing unverified rumors clearly reveals a ludicrousness below Homer Simpson standard. We don?t care about them.

So, are these fabricated rumors true? Absolutely NOT. If Intel behaves like IBM, then we?ll reconsider AMD. Until than, AMD is permanently OUT OF THE PICTURE and we don?t care.

By the way, it?s very unwise for AMD cult to join the Apple cult. So don?t flatter yourself with gossip.

[orfeu_niko]

Ofcourse

Joining a cult full of stupidity is not an option. No one wants Apple, if they have some brain.

[Pratyush_]

Its just a matter of choice

?Are you guys talking to Apple Computer? Hester: We have. Has it shown any interest? Hester: I'd say interest, not necessarily any decisions.?

I am sure they must have had talks, and he honestly accepts that no decisions indeed. I just can't understand why people at Apple are furious upon this. If I believe you are correct then the matter would be raised by Mr. Jobs in a formal press release or something; not by Mr. domino360 in some unnoticed corner of the www.

I have still not forgotten the statements coming out of Dell before they finally decided to jump into the laps of AMD. However it was due to the fact that Dell's major products are computers and they just can't let themselves lag behind in the field. But Apple primarily being an online music (and other related products) company (as it has become now) can do well even while lagging in their part time products called computers.

[pokiri]

How things have changed ..

Few years back people were joking "Intel is keeping AMD around just to avoid some anti-competitive suit against Intel. Too hot to be
depicted as a monoploy" . Look now. Also intel initally lagged behind in the multi-core products ( lagged behind Sun Micro systems which sell 8-core niagara servers, lagged behind AMD etc. ) area.

[dmek69]

Some things never change.

It always amuses me to see how emotional people get in regards to the top PC manufacturers- AMD, Intel, Apple. Face it people, these companies don't need nor have time for such colorful banter. All anyone here can honestly give are opinions. When the time is right each company knows exactly what to do and when to do it, hence why they have all been around as long as they have. What makes any of you think all this press didn't come out for the shear reason of provoking these discussions anyway? LOL! They want to know what their next moves should be. I'm sure they thank you all. ;)