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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: SilentZ who wrote (759195)12/22/2013 3:24:12 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1577594
 
They were important at the time. The competition drove performance to the point that it isn't relevant any more. If you set aside the Windows 8 debacle, the market was already in decline. About the only ones who get top of the line processors are the hardcore gamers and those who want bragging rights. For everyone else, it doesn't really matter any more. Realistically speaking, it probably doesn't really matter to the hardcore gamers either.

Microprocessors are commodities now. Which doesn't mean they are boring, but the focus has changed. I am watching the Maker movement. It holds real promise...
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