AMD or Intel

[iamwhatiseem]

What the...who are all these people?

 

[Bleipriester]

What the...who are all these people?

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[emptystep]

AMD I have picked AMD over Intel given other equals. I don't know if it makes sense my old computers with AMDs seem to perform better than equal Intel equipped machines. Get better with age? Most of my boxes go from Windows to Linux as they age.

 

[Trajan]

Sagging market demand threatens AMD viability...

Advanced Micro Devices to slash 2,340 jobs: source
Sun, Oct 14, 2012 - DEEP CUTS: In the face of sagging demand for its processors, AMD is looking to trim costs and sources reckon that 30 percent of its workforce could be cut

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), the second-largest maker of processors for personal computers, plans to cut as many as 2,340 jobs, or about 20 percent of its workforce, a source said. The cuts are expected to be announced as early as next week, said the source, who asked not to be named because the plans have not been made public. According to the source, at least 10 percent of AMD’s staff of about 11,700 will be affected.

AMD is striving to trim expenses to help it cope with sagging demand for personal computers that rely on its processors. Sales in the third quarter will decline about 10 percent from the previous period, a bigger drop than previously forecast, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said on Oct. 11. “With PC demand being so weak, we don’t think the company has any choice but to do some considerable cost-cutting measures,” said Betsy Van Hees, an analyst at Wedbush Securities Inc in San Francisco.

Cuts of 10 percent to 20 percent are “aligned with what we were hearing from our industry checks as well,” said Van Hees, who declined to name her sources. The technology site CNET reported earlier yesterday that AMD plans to cut as much as 30 percent of its workforce. The technology blog AllThingsD said the measure would affect workers in engineering and sales.

Chief Executive Officer Rory Read has already reduced headcount since he was appointed in August last year. AMD slashed 10 percent of its workforce in a round of job cuts announced last November. In the third quarter of this year, total global PC shipments fell 8.3 percent from a year earlier to 87.5 million, market-research firm Gartner Inc said earlier this week. Applied Materials Inc, the largest producer of chip-making equipment, said last week it would cut as much as 9 percent of its workforce.

Advanced Micro Devices to slash 2,340 jobs: source - Taipei Times

Intel will never let amd go down.....

 

[Bleipriester]

Intel will never let amd go down.....

So? What advantge does Intel have maintaining competition?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

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[devonte]

I'l go with Amd.

 

[retro]

I've used AMD for 10 years and never had any problems.

If I bought new tomorrow I'd choose AMD again

 

[Mushroom]

I would buy an AMD, which I did a few weeks ago when I built my wife a new computer.

There are 2 main reasons why I stick with AMD. And that is "Bang per Buck", and upgradeability.

I know that many of us are wonks who upgrade specific components inside our custom built boxes. Myself, I built an AM2 computer back in 2007. In 2008, I replaced the slower 3000 dual core with a 6000 dual core. Just a CPU swap, nothing else.

This highlights one of the biggest advantages I have found for AMD, socket lifespan. Intel makes motherboards, so it is in their interest to get people to buy new motherboards. So you will have multiple sockets curing the lifespan of an Intel processor, each incompatible with the other.

With AMD, I have rarely had that problem (although sometimes motherboards-BIOS have not allowed an upgrade). Buy a Socket A Sempron 1000, later drop in an Athlon 2400, no problem. Pull out an AM3 Sempron 150 and throw in a Phenom II Hexacore.

And I doubt that AMD is going away any time soon. Remember, they also own what used to be ATI, one of the top video chip makers.

 

[johnstephen1]

I always prefer to use AMD instead of Intel.

 

[Ringel05]

What the...who are all these people?

Spammers, read the messages, they're either the same or very similar and their post count is generally under 5.