Recent content by cotak13

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    [allthingsd.com] AMD getting ready for another round of Layoffs

    The economy isn't that bad. What's bad for the likes of AMD and Intel is the drop in corporate spending. When the economy went bust all those firms stopped buying new stuff for a few months building up a demand. Then they realized things weren't that bad and they went shopping. That's why...
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    AMD Q3 results: even worse than revised expectations

    The management's the issue. When I read Read is hiring consultants that to me is the warning bell. Management hires consults when they are out of ideas. And consultants are well.. if they are so great at running companies why the F aren't those guys doing it? Because they don't want to be...
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    "Hybrid memory cube" - on-CPU memory (sort of)

    Exactly. HMC is more like moving the PHY and controller out of the CPU or whatever ASIC that uses memory, multiplying it by a huge number and stacking it under the DRAM chip. What you get is a sudden jump in bandwidth by it's 3D nature allowing more parallelism. Also it's got a much better...
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    Perpetual motion not possible ?. Answer this!.

    I hope some of these comments were jokes. That or there really needs to be an overhaul of the education system. So many face palms. The orignal question to the suggestion that electrons spinning around inside atoms are another example of perpetual motion. LOL
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    AMD Llano laptops have been disappointing so far

    You have a lot of ram in your desktop. There is more to usability than just CPU. It's likely your work laptop has less ram and a lot slower hard disk. In reality an i5 even the mobile chips can be bloody fast. Especially if one ditches windows and it tendency to slow over time. For example I...
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    VR-zone: amd rumors of next gpu family.. we headed to the US atlantic coast!

    That's a bit of a slip up.... but in reality does it mean anything of importance? Not really.
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    Sellers Remorse

    Geez if not having a top end gaming rig is getting people this down... Soon the FDA will regulate gaming..... Lol
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    And Intel tries to enter the low-end...

    Didn't intel buy a baseband company just about a year ago?
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    Xbit Labs: AMD-> Improvements of Next-Generation Process Technologies Start to Wane.

    Do you guys go out and buy via processors in any large numbers? No. Why? Read is saying "we can't afford to keep up with intel, so we will now try to sell you stuff that's slower cheaper and hope you guys buy in". We just got a brazo laptop for someone as a gift and I have to say its pretty...
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    Future of IGP graphics and discrete GPU's with upcoming IB!

    1) If leaks are to be believed intel has power head room to grow into for IB on 22nm. They'll lean on their process advantage you can bet your bottom dollar on that. 2) http://www.micron.com/innovations/hmc.html still a tech lab sort of deal right now, as everyone have talked about it but when...
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    AMD Radeon 7000-Series 28nm (Southern Islands) | 7990 7970 7870 7770 | Discussion

    That's TBD but it certainly was the big reason why Nvidia went balls to wall for ARM SoCs. As soon as they lost their x86 chipset business it was only a matter of time. Just as creative before them went from a major player in the computer market to maker of a niche product. They too can see the...
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    AMD Radeon 7000-Series 28nm (Southern Islands) | 7990 7970 7870 7770 | Discussion

    Because in the real world of limited resources not everyone buys a new computer every year. Each dollar you spend on something you don't necessarily need is a dollar you no longer have for something you might really need. So for a lot of people they might buy a high end card expecting to use it...
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    AMD Radeon 7000-Series 28nm (Southern Islands) | 7990 7970 7870 7770 | Discussion

    Exactly, and that's where the money is. Which is why nvidia while screwing up previous gen of their new top end didn't go belly up and die. Top end is a nice name spinner but just like Toyota survived for a long time without a really interesting sports car, nvidia as long as they pump out the...
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    AMD Radeon 7000-Series 28nm (Southern Islands) | 7990 7970 7870 7770 | Discussion

    You realize that most people don't want to pay for a full eyefinity rig right? You are talking a top of the line card plus 3 or more good monitors. OEMs, where AMD and Nvidia's bread and butter is, couldn't give a flying copulation to what can run eyefinity. People who buys eyefinity rigs are...
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    AMD Radeon 7000-Series 28nm (Southern Islands) | 7990 7970 7870 7770 | Discussion

    What I am saying is if Nvidia is in as dire straits as semiaccurate says Apple wouldn't pick them. Apple is difficult and as a result I don't expect them to pick a horse with a lame leg. It's likely they would have done due diligence on finding out what's exactly what at Nvidia and AMD before...