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AMD - Going Bankrupt or Can they recover?
  • NickBenNickBen

    http://www.extremetech.com/computing/137796-amd-executives-have-forgotten-how-to-run-a-company

    2 serious issues at hand: Financial (slower PC sales, lack of differentiation amongst competition, increasing price pressures, managerial shakeups) and Technological (competition from Intel, Apple, ARM and Nvidia)

    I didn't buy a Macbook Pro because it used AMD/ATI graphics, and have avoided AMD products for the last couple of years since Adobe continued partnering with Nvidia for the Mercury Playback Engine for acceleration with no option for AMD acceleration until the last release. So, I know I have definitely avoided their products lately...

    I am rooting for AMD to turn it around, because like illustrated in the Hard drive industry recently, less choice means drastically higher product prices.

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    I have not bought a retina Macbook Pro because it uses AMD/ATI graphics, and have avoided AMD products for the last couple of years since Adobe continued partnering with Nvidia for the Mercury Playback Engine for acceleration with no option for AMD acceleration until the last release

    This is really question to the goverment structures who did not forced Adobe to pay enormous money if they'll continue to do this.

    In fact, it is more general problem, as countries must greate and force certain standards, including GPU ones.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    I am rooting for AMD to turn it around, because like illustrated in the Hard drive industry recently, less choice means drastically higher product prices.

    Hard drives are just typical example, corporations cutting expenses to maximise their income.

  • johnnymjohnnym

    AMD is the only competitor to Intel. They are not allowed to go bankrupt. And yes, Adobe's policy is a scandal. There really should be much tougher regulation to prevent this type of cartel.

  • plasmasmpplasmasmp

    AMD has put out plenty of poor products after the Athlon 64 and early Opteron processors.Once they bought ATI I avoided their products as I hold an 13 year grudge for ATi never releasing win 98 rage 2c drivers. Satisfied made great products with horrible software support. I do hope AMD releases a competitive product in the next couple years just to keep Intel from going back to price gouging

  • goannagoanna

    3 hours after they announced lay-offs of 20% of their workers, AMD announced their new Z-Series APU for Tablets. Looks less like bankruptcy and more like rationalisation.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    They have big issues with Z-60, as it is quite old C-60 with only slight changes and same performance.

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