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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
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To: j3pflynn who wrote (219638)12/8/2006 1:19:49 PM
From: eracerRead Replies (1) of 275872
 
Re: Get real!

I was. Intel is a company which dominates the x86 industry, earns billions in profits every year, and already produces integrated graphics chipsets. You are being unrealistic if you believe there is little or no chance that Intel can create low- to mid-range cards within a few years. Even minor players like S3 and Kyro occasionally were able to build decent budget cards, but had little industry support or advertising budget.

There's a world of difference between buying a company that's well established in a market with a history of superior products(if not best at the moment), with whom you have a great relationship, and starting from scratch with no expertise in high-performance graphics with a bad reputation in graphics to overcome already on your back to boot.

Yes, there is a difference. That is why I was talking about low- to mid-range cards within a few years instead of R600 killers in one year. Not only does Intel need decent hardware, but they also need to pick up the pace in GPU driver development as well.

I wonder how many AMD-ATI employees Intel will be able to buy away over the next few years to put to work on Larrabee.
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