Replies to post #58791 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[aleph0]

I think that was a probably very realistic analysis of what's going on/went on inside Intel that could have led to the current "call to senses" by AMD.

BTW.. the Venice core is really quite an astounding accomplishment it seems :

// to less than 30 watts under load and less than 10 watts for Windows at idle. This huge power reduction was apparently accomplished by a combination of 90 nm die shrink, Silicon-on-Insulator technology, and something called 'dual-stress liner technology' //

From Slash Dot ... (http://tinyurl.com/a78xn)

..and the last sentence :

// As Lost Circuits points out, power consumption worldwide has been exploding as more CPUs come online and the CPU power requirements increase so a significant power reduction will reduce the burden on electrical grids everywhere." //


..just underlines the points I made earlier about the AMD "green" CPUs be able to make massive savings on customer's energy bills.

[tecate]

Every contract at Intel would go thru legal. It did at IBM. I mean every contract. I think they are subpoening email because the contracts are in order, they believe email will show that Intel was screwing AMD... AMD needs to prove Intel is a monopoly.. why do you thing the Feds have not gone after Intel? I am curious, I think given - face value - what I read about Intel in AMD's edict, the feds would have been involved, why didn't AMD go to the federal government? I have no idea personally. Just wondering if you all do.

[jhalada]

bobs,

I think Jim McMannis got it right here:

as long as Intel has gone along "unchallenged" with these marketing practices they could easily pushed the envelope to the point of hanging themselves.
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=21474637

Joe