AMD (finally) sues Intel

[Visual C#]

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I agree seekenneth... what I just don't get is AMD's marketing department.. what the heck are they doing? I don't think that they don't have the cash to do it; I'm pretty sure they do.

[StyM]

yes technologically, amd beat intel in every core , single or dual core.
but when it comes to marketing or market share, intel just wins.

why mani? unsa may kuwang sa amd?

coz, the bunny people just caught most of the people's attention. hehehehehe
and also the blue man's group doing the centrino commercial...

[10-X]

advertising costs a LOT of money. I'm sure Intel is spending a lot but its ok for them coz they make a lot. For a small company compared to Intel, they probably just can't afford it on a global scale. Especially with business tactics Intel is using to try and wipe out the competition. R&D also costs a lot of money and maybe this is where AMD is concentrating on so that they can advertise that they have a better product. hehehe.
Useless mag advertise nya bati imong product. wa gihapon mo palit. Patyon ka daan sa mga reviews.

[seekenneth]

@Visual C# - maybe because they are trying to get deals of the big companies that intel already made deals with, big companies = more sales, or who knows maybe they lack the budget for thier advertising since they put all thier bugdet for development of chips and other technology. amd sues intel - they must be very desperate na gyud cguro.

[vern]

No, anytime a competitor can't compete, they either go out of business or are acquired by their competition. Hehhe, anyway.. this remains to be seen in the following days.

How many big companies really do go "out of business"? They'd have to screw up like Enron. I thought companies were only bought out because they can compete, not because they are deficient.

If you're talking about technological innovation, AMD beats Intel hands down. If it's about market share, then Intel definitely wins.

Whoever said AMD was more innovative? Intel has a lot more technology than AMD. Intel has a lot more patents than AMD. In the chip industry, innovation is directly connected to how much money you put into R&D.

Yeah Intel wins by Monopolizing the market, and unfair marketing practices.
So Intel Fanboys just buy Intel not because of performance and the technological superiority but because of marketing share.

Sounds more like something an AMD fanboy would say.

I agree seekenneth... what I just don't get is AMD's marketing department.. what the heck are they doing? I don't think that they don't have the cash to do it; I'm pretty sure they do.

Exactly.
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Lets get away from the assumption that AMD is the underdog here. These are two 800 pound gorillas fighting, not David and Goliath. Until this whole thing is resolved, innovation of both companies suffers.

[seekenneth]

agree, hey vern nice avatar.

[Visual C#]

Whoever said AMD was more innovative? Intel has a lot more technology than AMD. Intel has a lot more patents than AMD. In the chip industry, innovation is directly connected to how much money you put into R&D.

You're right, Intel was innovative... but only way back in the 80's. Intel may have been the father of x86, but ever since AMD released the Athlon XP, AMD64 (which Intel copied with their own version, EM64T), and the Athlon 64 FX, Intel has become way behind them. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD, and any other hardware review site like hardocp & tom's hardware. They will most likely go for AMD. This type of innovation from AMD can only mean one thing: Intel spends way more money on marketing/advertising, while AMD focused more on R&D.

Read: large number of patents != innovation

Don't get me wrong though. I'm not saying that Intel is the bad guy, nor am I saying that AMD r00lz: Intel's mobile solutions rock as well, and so do their dual core CPU's which happen to be cheaper than AMD's dual core offerings. Bottom line: we need both companies to exist. Competition is good. End of story.

[StyM]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...704190812.html

[seekenneth]

@Visual C# - we need both companies? we dont need them, for all i care they can wack each other for thier own sake, hey thats business. comapanies that find thier ads ang business deals more profitable, will be the big factor not the technolgy or how advanced it is.

amd lacks advertisement, ang maybe good pr for better business deals.
intel just got there first, and made deals that those companies find profitable ang accepted.

[[DSX]]

yes we both need them. we know very well what happens to consumers when there is monopoly