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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ali Chen who wrote (44152)	12/28/1998 3:24:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574734

OK, I'm going to stop the personal attacks for a while and respond to points that the rest of the thread will be interested in. <Heh, funny enough, most of the AMD processors problems I know of stem from discrepancy between UNDOCUMENTED and weird Pentuim behavior and AMD processors that were freshly designed to meet the published specs... I am confused! Was AGP designed by AMD? Was the Socket-7-AGP chipset in question also designed by AMD? See also the above remark about designing to Intel specs...> Nevertheless, the problems are real and undeniable. I don't care if the problems associated with AMD processors or platforms are not AMD's own fault. Passing the blame is not going to solve these problems. If it's an Intel conspiracy, then AMD should file charges with the FTC and the Department of Justice. If it's a problem with chipset makers, then AMD should work with the chipset guys to get it right, or AMD should release their own chipsets. (Whatever happened to the AMD-640?) If it's Microsoft's fault, then AMD should press Microsoft to release a fix pronto. AMD should also tell Microsoft to stop assuming that the whole world is 100% Intel. These headaches are small and minor, but together they forecast the real challenge that AMD faces. So far, AMD seems to be doing a good job, at least for the needs of the retail market. But now AMD wants to leapfrog into newer markets like businesses, enterprise servers, and workstations. They certainly have the processors to do it, e.g. those famous K7 "foils." But can AMD execute with regard to platforms? Remember that the tolerance for these sorts of problems in the higher-end markets are lower than the retail market. Many people are betting "yes", and if they're right, they stand to make a fortune off of AMD. But it's still a risky bet. Tenchusatsu P.S. - Ali, let's get back to a mature conversation and keep the personal attacks down, OK?