Comments on: AMD investors look for a Shanghai surprise

By: Warren B, Boston

Warren B, Boston — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:05:56 +0000

AMD has a history of overpromising and under delivering. Check the past 6 quarters of financial results.. they ALWAYS must expectations. Therefore they are difficult to trust.

By: L. D Austin TX

L. D Austin TX — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:57:45 +0000

One more thing if I may add. Yes Intel does perform better. But as in better you do mean AMD is right behind Intel?? If you where to put both system together for comparsion you'd notice they AMD is slower but will deliever a result not to far behind from Intel. Example : Its not like you have to wait 10 hours after intel give you a result for AMD to give you its result for the same application. Its a matter of seconds.

By: L.D Austin TX

L.D Austin TX — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:50:46 +0000

To Mr. Ruiz like I said in my last post to *each his own*. You have your opinion I have mine. Fact is People don't believe the hype and the PR and whatever you'd like to call it the believe the company that has value and is compatitive. I myself owned several Intel chips and several AMD's for a wide varity of applications to games. Plus I run two servers. You want to lay down hard fact well here they are intel server chips did run hotter while the AMD chips did run cooler. AMD chips have the virtualization feature which allowed me to make great use of Intel also has a virtualization feature but didn't work quit as well as the AMD did. And Speed wise both chips where comptitive with Intel being on top on several instances But I wasn't really looking for speed. I was looking for low power consumption, virtualization features, low heat, and a well rounded CPU that could run my two servers comfortably. Well guess what AMD covered all bases by a long haul. I'll give credit for intel having speed but in server environment sometimes that alone will not cut it. As for my work stations. I went AMD as well for the simple fact that the are a good well rounded CPU and are bottel-neck free in performance. I don't need speed in my personal world.

By: hector ruiz, austin tx

hector ruiz, austin tx — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:09:11 +0000

wow i cant believe how many people buy into the AMD PR. facts are fact and test scores are test scores. there are many comparo test out there intel vs AMD and they all say the same thing – intel offers better performance and lower power usage. o know there are a lot of die hard AMD fans that can never seem to realize the reality. AMD every 5 or 10 years come out with one good product. the rest of the time and the rest of their products are under performers and late to market. AMD will always be second to intel because intel delivers better products on time and executes a better business model.

By: Wade, Nashville, NC

Wade, Nashville, NC — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:36:33 +0000

AMD has always been ahead in servers, even with the Barcelona core fiasco. That is because AMD decided a long time ago when they were designing the Opteron CPU that the future was 64-bit and multi-core. Intel finally caught up to AMD's mutli-core technology and other server benefits with the new Core i7. AMD's problem was perception. The Barcelona core tainted their perception as a cheaper better Intel rival.

Early reports about the Shanghai core indicate that it may (MAY) put AMD back on top in performance per watt. Some sources are saying the new Shanghai core will run faster than Intel rivals and still use less energy. If true (and we won't know until it comes out), then AMD will once again be a viable alternative to Intel. AMD will also regain the coveted gamers market.

The ATI merger hurt AMD short term. But both sides knew this. The ATI merger was designed to re-invent the CPU and graphics market. You are starting to see some benefits already as the AMD engineers have greatly helped the ATI engineers make a better video card. AMD is also trying to merge a graphics adapter and CPU, which would lower costs significantly for computer makers.

AMD has great plans. They just have to implement them.

By: L.D Austin, TX

L.D Austin, TX — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:27:13 +0000

For the most part I am a firm believer AMD will come and offer competitive CPU's. Don't believe the hype the numbers you see thrown around the internet as these test results may very well be bias an made up. I wouldn't be surprise to learn it was just one single Intel supporter giving his bias review against AMD on all these sites. But again thats my point of view. To each his own. If AMD doesn't blow Intel out the water right off the bat that doesn't mean they will go under that simply means they made a better product that just needs a little more improvement. I have faith in the new years they will be competitive against Intel.

By: PCLicious Video Tutorials, Los Angeles, California

PCLicious Video Tutorials, Los Angeles, California — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:04:41 +0000

Well I am glad AMD is making a turn around, its been awhile but I have always had faith in them much like their products. Hopefully 2009 shows they can enhance profits with their server technology.

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By: J.R. Austin, TX

J.R. Austin, TX — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:55:35 +0000

A few Intel trolls here…must be worried about new AMD chip. Nehalem is rolling out as a boring desktop chip (ooh, my frames per second on this game went from 150 to 155!!!) and won't compete with Shanghai. Shanghai is the real deal and Intel is underestimating AMD based on the employee posts here.

By: David, San Jose, Ca

David, San Jose, Ca — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:32:24 +0000

AMD is not the only one. Financial services is a huge buyer of business technology whether it's enterprise software, servers, what have you.

I think we can expect lackluster revenues across the board for enterprise tech, because one of their most key customer bases aren't exactly in the mood to buy anything right now…

By: scot portland oregon

scot portland oregon — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:32:18 +0000

Since AMD no longer has control of its manufacturing expect slow times to market of new products, poor yields and performance for many years to come. until AMD like other CPU design house that used the AMD’s new asset light strategy goes under.