Tech heads, AMD going under?

[whyhellothere]

just saw this, can AMD recover?

 

[whyhellothere]

just saw this, can AMD recover?

 

[mangudai954]

Bulldozer better be the %%$@

 

[mangudai954]

Bulldozer better be the %%$@

 

[rightguard]

cannot play the video, can you give an overview?

 

[rightguard]

cannot play the video, can you give an overview?

 

[cwrite78]

lets hope not.

Intel/nvidia will be untouched and most likely price their chips/gpus at any damn price they feel like it.

 

[cwrite78]

lets hope not.

Intel/nvidia will be untouched and most likely price their chips/gpus at any damn price they feel like it.

 

[offbad]

probably not, AMD just released the Fusion family

 

[offbad]

probably not, AMD just released the Fusion family

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by Rightguard

cannot play the video, can you give an overview?

AMD's CEO leaves (dunno if he resigned or was fired)
AMD's stock drops more than 8%
They discuss the lack of AMD products in the tablet/netbook departments, which are growing the fastest right now
They point out Nvidia basically $$%!#%+@ on AMD with their Tegra 2 chip which was in like every new device @ CES.
They mention that their aren't a lot of companies that would buy out AMD simply because then they would have to compete with Intel/Nvidia, which seems like a loosing battle.

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by Rightguard

cannot play the video, can you give an overview?

AMD's CEO leaves (dunno if he resigned or was fired)
AMD's stock drops more than 8%
They discuss the lack of AMD products in the tablet/netbook departments, which are growing the fastest right now
They point out Nvidia basically $$%!#%+@ on AMD with their Tegra 2 chip which was in like every new device @ CES.
They mention that their aren't a lot of companies that would buy out AMD simply because then they would have to compete with Intel/Nvidia, which seems like a loosing battle.

 

[rightguard]

crazy, but i dont think they are going down

 

[rightguard]

crazy, but i dont think they are going down

 

[whyhellothere]

guess you guys were right

[h4][/h4]

[h4]AMD ships 1.3 million Fusion APUs, 35 million DirectX 11 GPUs, says it has 'momentum'[/h4]
By Vlad Savov posted Jan 22nd 2011 7:57AM

Hey, this interim CEO thing doesn't seem to be too hard at all. Thomas Seifert, the temporary solution to the problem created by Dirk Meyer's departure from AMD's top spot, has had a pretty comfy ride reporting the company's latest quarterly results. The pecuniary numbers themselves ($1.65b revenue, $375m net income) were tame and unexciting, but Seifert got to make a pair of juicy milestone announcements. Firstly, on the mobile and ever-so-efficient front, he noted that 1.3 million Fusion APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) have been shipped to partners since AMD started deliveries in November, and secondly, in terms of discrete graphics chips, he disclosed that the Radeon HD 5000 and HD 6000 series DirectX 11 GPUs have surpassed the 35 million units shipped mark. To give you some perspective on what that means, sales of Nintendo's bestselling Wii console are hovering somewhere around the same figure. So yes, AMD, your wagon has momentum, but shouldn't it have a driver too?


Link

 

[whyhellothere]

guess you guys were right

[h4][/h4]

[h4]AMD ships 1.3 million Fusion APUs, 35 million DirectX 11 GPUs, says it has 'momentum'[/h4]
By Vlad Savov posted Jan 22nd 2011 7:57AM

Hey, this interim CEO thing doesn't seem to be too hard at all. Thomas Seifert, the temporary solution to the problem created by Dirk Meyer's departure from AMD's top spot, has had a pretty comfy ride reporting the company's latest quarterly results. The pecuniary numbers themselves ($1.65b revenue, $375m net income) were tame and unexciting, but Seifert got to make a pair of juicy milestone announcements. Firstly, on the mobile and ever-so-efficient front, he noted that 1.3 million Fusion APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) have been shipped to partners since AMD started deliveries in November, and secondly, in terms of discrete graphics chips, he disclosed that the Radeon HD 5000 and HD 6000 series DirectX 11 GPUs have surpassed the 35 million units shipped mark. To give you some perspective on what that means, sales of Nintendo's bestselling Wii console are hovering somewhere around the same figure. So yes, AMD, your wagon has momentum, but shouldn't it have a driver too?


Link

 

[crcballer55]

Originally Posted by CWrite78

lets hope not.

Intel/nvidia will be untouched and most likely price their chips/gpus at any damn price they feel like it.

I don't think AMD is Intel's biggest competition anymore.  With the Snapdragon, A4 & ARM chips coming out for mobile devices now, I think that Qualcomm is going to be one of their biggest competitors.  I hardly hear about Intel in the mobile space anymore.

 

[crcballer55]

Originally Posted by CWrite78

lets hope not.

Intel/nvidia will be untouched and most likely price their chips/gpus at any damn price they feel like it.

I don't think AMD is Intel's biggest competition anymore.  With the Snapdragon, A4 & ARM chips coming out for mobile devices now, I think that Qualcomm is going to be one of their biggest competitors.  I hardly hear about Intel in the mobile space anymore.