AMD and Intel

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: CTho9305

I'm sure they follow each other's patents and press releases.

As I understand it, trade secrets aren't patented immediately so that they don't have to be disclosed.

There is also probably a great deal of crossover among past employees at both companies.

There is definitely a lot of that. A lot of my coworkers are ex-Intel.

What do you do at AMD?

Circuit design / implementation... basically taking the description of the CPU that the architects create ("RTL"), and doing gate-level (or, when needed, transistor-level) design. I looked on the career site and this listing is closest to what I do, but it's a more senior position (I report to someone like that).

Are you guys terrified about intel?

I'm sure opinions vary.

Do you expect to take over the perfomance lead this year? 🙂

I pick and choose what work-related stuff I reply to 😉.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Are you guys terrified about intel?

I'm sure opinions vary.

Do you expect to take over the perfomance lead this year? 🙂

I pick and choose what work-related stuff I reply to 😉.

Just based on that, I'm left to assume that AMD is in for some tough times...:Q

 

[bobsmith1492]

Originally posted by: Viditor

Originally posted by: MDme
Do you think AMD has "spies" on Intel CPU teams or vice versa? I mean, do you think Intel knows actual performance characteristics of K8L? or will AMD know the performance of Penryn (if it is already running)? I mean for C2D, Intel released public benchmarks 6 months before they launched so AMD would have known by then. But what about the current situation? Does intel have inside intelligence knowing K8L performance?

* This is not and should not be a flame-bait thread. This is intended to discuss if either company has inside guys.

I agree with the consensus, there's likely no real "spying" going on.
However, remember that AMD and Intel have a huge cross-licensing agreement...and patents can tell you an awful lot about what the other guy is doing.

Crossliscensing.