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    What's the issue with a 512 Bit Video Card?

    aside from the cost issue, which is, IMO, the primary reason you don't see it often, it does present additional technical hurdles for engineers to overcome (just a few examples): 1. It is difficult to create a 512 bit width bus that maintains the same frequency and clock as a smaller bus...
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    New member: Hello from SAM and AMD

    Welcome to the forums! I look forward to reading your posts and getting some insight into how things operate inside AMD.
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    Its March 19th 2012....

    I'd give it a day or two and supply should even out. I'm not sure they are the best value at almost $400 a piece right now when you can get the 6870 for $169 or 6950 for a tad under $300?
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    Xbox 720 Ditching Optical Drive?

    http://www.slashgear.com/xbox-720-ditching-optical-drive-tip-partners-09217647/ Interesting article if true!
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    Intel to open fabs to other companies?

    I still think in the end AMD is going to get bought up by one of the other big players, and who knows, someday even Radeons could be getting made in an Intel fab. I have no basis for this beyond rampant speculation, but a part of me thinks that the new CEOs goal is to shed the crap, start...
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    Intel to open fabs to other companies?

    The only issue here is that Intel does not have the capacity right now or in the near future to be the worlds only foundry. They have impressive technology but are relatively new to the "multiple customers" approach that TSMC and UMC have had to deal with. Adding customers that have other...
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    Intel to open fabs to other companies?

    That is like saying General Motors business is manufacturing rather than design of vehicles...when in reality they are both critical components that would not exist without the other.
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    Intel to open fabs to other companies?

    Interesting article: http://www.techworld.com.au/article/416115/intel_tests_foundry_waters Could have interesting impact in a wide range of sectors although I wonder if they will let competitors come in (or whether competitors would want to come in).
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    [LR] AMD releasing 7770 1Ghz Radeon shortly with 'Verdetrol'

    Haha sorry about that, I am not really up on the debates among cars, I just know that a lot of people are pretty passionate about them and will argue forever about why one is better than the other.
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    [LR] AMD releasing 7770 1Ghz Radeon shortly with 'Verdetrol'

    They are charging the price they think the market will bear. This is what companies do. They are not here to provide charity to their customers, they exist to make money. Calling anything a rip-off suggests that you know what its "true" value is, when price is generally only a reflection of...
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    [LR] AMD releasing 7770 1Ghz Radeon shortly with 'Verdetrol'

    REALLY?!?!?!? Have you been on these forums for long (rhetorical question)....haha the Red v. Green fanboyism and factional warfare just on this one forum is much closer to "lifestyle" arguments than any legitimate comparison based on performance or features. Sure, the debates focus around...
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    AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

    There is also the issue that Intel does not want to get caught with its pants down so to speak. If they keep innovating and firing on all cylinders, while executing a sound business strategy, they should be able to make a lot of money whether there are competitors or not. If they keep up a...
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    AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

    The money, as you say, is in all the various market areas. Small margins just mean you have to sell more volume, which is a legitimate business strategy. Besides, it really did not make much difference whether they wanted to "give up" or not. My feeling is that they know that Intel's R&D and...
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    AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

    They were headed this way the way they were already going....they were not going to get back ahead of Intel. They know their own internal road map over the next five years and likely know a lot about Intel's road map, and likely made some hard choices to change the direction of the company.
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    AMD Cancels 10-Core, 20-Core Server Processors

    I agree, and this is also consistent with what I think AMD is attempting to do in the next few years....move itself out of the Intel/AMD camp and instead become part of multiple camps including AMD/Intel, ARM, Embedded etc. I think it is probably the only way AMD could maintain long term...