Replies to post #3393 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[sgolds]

subzero, before you accuse AMD of piss away $50,000,000 instead of bolstering their CPU software, I think we should wait for the first optimized x86-64 software benchmarks. By the time Alchemy came along, AMD was working on x86-64 CPU compiler software for several years.

If you go back and look at the record, you will find that AMD financed Alchemy through a bond offering, and it was late in the game for required x86-64 compiler work. One has nothing to do with the other.

However, on the point about Intel buying compiler companies as a strategic move against AMD, I agree. Intel hasn't bought Microsoft or Gnu yet, and they are the two biggest generators of compilers for Opteron.

[dougSF30]

subzero,

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You are making fanatical canards and prevarications.
If Intel did what you said, AMD would have sued immediately, the FTC and DOJ would have been drawn in, etc.
It didn't happen - except in your mind.


Remember that there's a difference between knowing something and being able to prove it in court. Intel is skilled at operating carefully in this regard. They ask "Is it really important for you to be there?" instead of threatening outright. The point still gets across.

Doug

[facsnotfiction]

subzero
Intel is not making huge profits/success in the area where AMD bought Alchemy. I suggest you go through the earnings report and you will see that regular microprocessors are where the money is. The PDA business has much lower margins and is not a huge success for Intel. And as far as monoplistic abuses, what do you call Intel reps calling up AMD's Opteron launch partners and asking them "Do you need to be there", or "Do you want to be there". Intel is nothing but a bunch of scumbags and one of these days the axe of justice will fall on them.