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To: Vattila who wrote (35604)3/5/2020 7:46:38 PM
From: neolibRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 73627
 
Yeah, I thought it was good to. Its pretty clear that they view the financial side as clear sailing now, increasing margins, the start of lots of cash rolling in, and they kept stating taking marketshare (numerous times!) coupled with repeated acknowledgements that they are underrepresented in certain market segments like notebooks, which they think is going to change shortly. TWT of course.

I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't much in the way of actual new technical info. No Big Navi, and the Milan and Genoa info was really nothing other than 5nm confirmed for Genoa, which is nice to have confirmed, because late 2022 if they weren't on 5nm it would be awful.

They did get asked about why the RDNA2 and CDNA2 were on "advanced nodes" but no details. Punted on that answer. Could they possibly be on TSMC's 6nm?? Also no hints as to whether those are shifting to chiplet designs. If they are large die designs still, I can see them staying back on 7/6nm, as 5nm might not support those large die in late 2021. Of course there was no real timeframe for them given either.

I did love the process node compare slide, which shows Intel remaining at a bit of a disadvantage. I suspect that will be true. Unless of course Intel starts using TSMC, which would nicely close that gap!



To: Vattila who wrote (35604)3/5/2020 7:48:46 PM
From: neolibRespond to of 73627
 
What I really loved was my hunch (shades of Trump??) was that although PC might be down due to CV, the tea leaves as I've posted hinted that data center might make up for it, and that is exactly what happened per Lisa. I was ready to dump in AH as she started talking about that! What a relief that it came out the way it did.



To: Vattila who wrote (35604)3/6/2020 3:57:30 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTHRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 73627
 
Thanks for the updates. I was pretty impressed by Lisa Su and the executive team — they seemed well fired up for the next stretch. Phenomenal presentation of great prospects ahead!

....great stuff by the "Team"............and quite the Team it is..................I thought they were all good.........especially Norrod and Wang..............Devendra was a legitimately happy man.........good for him.....................Lisa seemed as committed and driven as ever........................to sum it all up is a most concise way........................foot to the floor and no prisoners!




To: Vattila who wrote (35604)3/6/2020 9:04:29 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTHRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 73627
 
listened again more intently to the presentations..................I never met Papermaster while at IBM.....but he seems always to emphasize the focus, the competitiveness, the execution, the relentlessness....... the new AMD culture....................he is very soft spoken but likely is as driven as Lisa in these regards...............I suspect Wang is also from that mold.................it is no accident where AMD is now and where it is heading.