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Intel slide not over yet says AMD sales chief: Intel slide not over yet says AMD sales chiefIntel is heading to bankruptcyWith continuing loss of unit share and drastic collapse of pricing, Intel will post massive operating losses in the next 5-7 quarters and eventually BK. Mark my word, folks. This is just simple math. The only way...; Tags: Chipsets, Processors, sales, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Conroe; Discussion threads 2006-09-11
Merom crashing Intel's Core 2 Duo launch event: Merom crashing Intel's Core 2 Duo launch eventMerom takes Intel TWO generations ahead!Wow. Core Duo (Napa?) already cleans up in the notebook space trouncing Turion in every benchmark, including energy dissipation.With Merom, Intel will be TWO generations ahead. It will have to come down to price for AMD to compete...; Tags: Processors, conroe, Intel IA-64, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo; Discussion threads 2006-07-22
No surprises from AMD's 'dissatisfying' quarter: No surprises from AMD's 'dissatisfying' quarterI'm going with AMD, too.I expect AMD to not lose market share anytime soon like it happened during last quarter, but that's just a bit so no surprise from AMD. I'm not surprised either.Uh huh, that's why Conroe beats AMD silly.Pfffttttt....I'll take AMD's position over...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Conroe; Discussion threads 2006-07-20
Unplugged: AMD's Queen of most things commercial Margaret Lewis: Unplugged: AMD's Queen of most things commercial Margaret LewisConroe benchmarks DO compare with AMD's bestMargaret is spinning.AMD FX-62 running AM2 platform with a 1333 MHz FSB advantage still got KILLED by a low-end Conroe 2.4 E6600 running 1066 MHz DDR2.Here comments on SPECint are ridiculous. All the benchmarks are...; Tags: Processors, Margaret, Conroe, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX62, AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium; Discussion threads 2006-07-19
conroe puts Intel back on top: Conroe puts Intel back on top70% may not be enoughIf the E6400 is competitive with the FX-62 and since it runs cooler as well, the FX-62 would have to be priced below the E6400 to be truly competive. That's closer to an 80% price drop. Ouch!Geez!!!You "analysts" are...; Tags: Performance management, Processors, Desktops, FX-62, Conroe, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., socket; Discussion threads 2006-07-14

conroe puts Intel back on top: A few weeks ago I blogged a couple of times about the Intel Conroe CPU, and how it seemed that this CPU was going to be At a stroke, every other desktop CPU is, from a performance perspective, now obsoleteable to beat anything that AMD currently had (and are likely...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU; Blog posts 2006-07-14
Versus Intel, has AMD's day of reckoning arrived?: Versus Intel, has AMD's day of reckoning arrived?Intel controlled tests show Conroe slower than P4In multi-tasking, http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/06/04/intel_conroe_performance_preview/7.html"We found that it was faster than the current flagship Pentium Extreme Edition 965 processor in nearly every single-threaded scenario, but there were times where Conroe fell behind in multi-tasking scenarios. One area that...; Tags: Performance management, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Dimms, Conroe, processor, FBDIMM; Discussion threads 2006-06-05
Intel's conroe CPU overclocked - phenomenal results!: Intel's Conroe CPU overclocked - phenomenal results!Yeah, but AMD got hypertransport and other good thingsPerformance, schmerformance - what ya want is hypertransport and the other thingy. Intel only be closing da gap. Sorry, I lost the script and it's sunday.That could be just how AMD respond!... or "We got 4x4"!Not...; Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Conroe, HyperTransport, 64-bit, CPU; Discussion threads 2006-06-04
Intel's conroe CPU overclocked - phenomenal results!: It seems that AMD might be in for a rough ride. A very rough ride.Last week AMD announced their 4x4 A stock 2.4GHz Conroe can be overclocked to a whopping 4.0GHz, outperforming everything that AMD currently have, even the FX-62architecture that combined two dual-code CPUs and two dual-GPU graphics...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., FX-62; Blog posts 2006-06-04
Initial Core benchmarks look dire for AMD: Initial Core benchmarks look dire for AMDThat would explain the Int-hell FUD I smell.After Skype, I've been casting a cautious eye on the little i. Now these "benchmarks" seem to cast even greater doubt over i's performance claims, especially when I compare the machines.Note how Int-hell's machine was made...; Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, NOW HERE, Intel Corp., Int-hell FUD, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Doper Duped Anand, Woodcrest, Conroe, chip; Discussion threads 2006-03-10
New Intel quad-core chips are really double duo-cores: New Intel quad-core chips are really double duo-coresINTEL is five generations behind, no doubthttp://sharikou.blogspot.com/2006/02/amd64-is-five-generations-ahead-of.htmlDesperation setting in...The clueless at Intel still haven't delivered a competitive dual core so they glue two inferior dual chips together and call it a quad core. Only the gullible would believe anything Intel has to say...; Tags: Game players, Semiconductors, Processors, Intel Corp., Conroe, quad-core; Discussion threads 2006-03-07

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Sixth straight quarterly loss for AMD: Sixth straight quarterly loss for AMDReport DateUmmm, the report date in the link states "19th April 2007". Either this isn't the correct link, or we have some insight into AMD's problems...Truth, things do not look good for AMDand all the good wishes amount to very little.Two wordsCore 2Right when it...; Tags: Processors, AMD CPU, quarterly loss, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
The polycarbonate all-in-one 22" LCD PC: The last time I built a wooden all-in-one 19" LCD PC, my family wanted it in the kitchen and my mother wanted it in hers. To keep everyone happy, I built my mother another one (pictured above and below) out of 3/16th inch jet-black polycarbonate which...; Tags: PC, Chassis, Motherboard, CPU, LCD, Computer, Productivity, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-22
Finding leaks in a spacecraft: With financial support from NASA, Iowa State University (ISU) engineers have developed a sensor to quickly find leaks in a spacecraft. This sensor locates an air leak by listening to the noise generated by the air rushing out of the leak and includes an array of 64 elements that detects...; Tags: Leak, Spacecraft, Iowa State University, NASA, Sensor, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-10-03
AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?: AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?Are you talking "on-Paper" or "In Reality" ?From what I've read, the two are somewhat different.George on SPECjjb2005George says "...like SPECjbb2005 where Intel's lead is even larger than SPECint_rate2006."but later admits:"So far, there are no published SPECjbb2005 scores for any AMD Barcelona processors yet...; Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., quad-core; Discussion threads 2007-09-12
EU issues antitrust charge sheet against Intel: EU issues antitrust charge sheet against IntelBodes Poorly For Microsoft ; Patty DunnIntel and Microsoft use to be refereed to as the evil duopoly in the USA. When Microsoft went up on antitrust charges, Intel executives are reported to have said - well thank god it wasn't us. Clearly the...; Tags: Corporate law, BGI, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-07-26
AMD: Barcelona based on customer input: AMD: Barcelona based on customer inputAwe shucks , thank you AMD !I wish more company's designed products with customer input. I just hate it when products get created in a vacuum. The Intel scumbags will probably steal this idea/invention from AMD. Shameful.PropagandaGotta keep those AMD boffins employed. Zero content ==...; Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Intel CPU, clock speed, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-07-06
Build the biggest bang per dollar PCs: June 2007 Edition: It's Father's day coming up and what better way to put a smile on Dad's face than a new computer. The timing couldn't be better with the arrival of the newest 3-Series motherboards from Intel and the somewhat new 690G AMD motherboards which I reviewed yesterday so it's time to build a new PC...; Tags: Vista, Storage, Servers, Processors, Intel, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Energy efficiency, Desktop, Consumer electronics, AMD; Blog posts 2007-06-13
Who is worth more, you or AMD?: Who is worth more, you or AMD?This, ladies and Gentlemen...Is competition in the computer world.Intel drug its feet and laid dormant at the top for quite some time. Along comes AMD, literally following in their shadows, and tears by Intel the likes of which they've never seen.David made Goliath mad.Now...; Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-04-23
Intel's Nehalem processor: Biggest leap since the Pentium Pro: Intel's Nehalem processor: Biggest leap since the Pentium ProMan, Intel just keeps dumping on AMDGlad I don't have any AMD stock...Yet another vaporware 'release'...Intel is yet again trying to freeze the market in anticipation of losing more market share in the 4 socket market. Octal core? They keep...; Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, Intel Core Duo, Intel Corp., memory controller, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., integrated memory controller, IMC, Intel Nehalem, processor, Intel Pentium Pro; Discussion threads 2007-03-28