Replies to post #8049 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

I dont think AMD cares at all about Itanic - leave alone positioning Opteron against it: Which
position would that be?

Itanic? Is that anything like an Itanium 2? Name calling reveals far
more negative about the one who does it than the object of derision.

As far as positioning, the modest FP performance and scarcity of major
OEM support takes it out of running in the RISC replacement market.
AMD tries to position it as a Xeon killer but AMD's precarious financial
situation and lack of track record hinders it greatly.

According to a few individuals here Opteron is the gaming chip of choice
for wealthy teenagers. That's probably the most credible positioning to
achieve short term sales traction given the difficulties the chip faces but
it may exacerbate AMD's image problem in IT.