Intel Corp (INTC)

[chipguy]

If Zen is even halfway decent I am sure major OEMs will throw AMD
a bone with a minor socket win here and a minor socket win there
to point to when they negotiate their next billion dollar order pricing
schedule with Intel.

But ultimately the customer calls the shot. Tech enthusiast forums
are not representative so don't let a few wild AMD fans fool you
into some idea the wider market is waiting with bated breath. The
vast majority of big buyers don't give a damn about some f***-up
prone, barely alive, alternative supplier of non-socket compatible
x86 processors. They simply want their existing codes to run problem
free and be able to seamlessly upgrade/supplement their thousands
of existing Intel based systems.

AMD going from slinging unbelievably noncompetitive products to
somewhat inferior me-too products really doesn't change anything
in the greater scheme of things.