Replies to post #12421 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[aixman]

Chipguy - But AMD is a tiny financially troubled
vendor held in little confidence by major OEMs. AMD64 will
NEVER become dominant without Intel's backing.

Do you ever wonder how companies become dominant in a certain market in the first place? While it is true that maintaining dominance is a lot easier than acquiring it, one can observe new market leaders emerging on a regular basis.

Intel is big and strong now and AMD is small and as you say financially troubled. Are things always gonna be like this? Who can know in advance?

Regardless, AMD64 is a quite compelling story, and has a bigger chance to succeed than anything they have had so far.

[Jules2]

"The race for the dominant computer architecture is over. With AMD64, the x86 line has won. It's done, done, done and AMD64 is the ultimate winner!

If x86-64 was introduced whole-heartedly by Intel it truely
would be unstoppable. But AMD is a tiny financially troubled
vendor held in little confidence by major OEMs. AMD64 will
NEVER become dominant without Intel's backing.

Ever heard the expression "the race doesn't always go to
the fastest, or the battle to the strongest. But that's the
smart way to bet!"? That truly applies here. Major OEMs will
bet the company on Intel, they won't on AMD."

I heard Westinghouse Corp. will soon be making CPU,s