AMD death watch

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
P

pelov

Diamond Member
Dec 6, 2011
3,510
6
0
So it seems that AMD is prepping to lay off another 10%-to-30% of their workforce, and it appears mostly engineers, so it's only a matter of time before they kick the bucket.

It pains me greatly, but after continuous screw ups over the past several years it really wouldn't shock anyone if it were to happen.

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/10/12/amds-layoffs-target-engineering/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-5...ffs-that-could-hit-30-percent-of-its-workers/

How long do you guys think they'll last? I'm going to give it a year before they sell off their IP and/or graphics division.
 
moonbogg

moonbogg

Lifer
Jan 8, 2011
10,731
3,440
136
I love to hate AMD, but if they go then we are all screwed. Intel will rape the hell out of everyone and everything and so will Nvidia if the graphics go as well.
 
sandorski

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
70,796
6,353
126
Posting in what could be the longest Thread in ATOT's history...although possibly moved to other Sub-Forum.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
111,866
31,364
146
to be fair, those numbers are reported by "semiaccurate."

....so I guess I'll only "semitrust" this story until I see more info.

;)
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,675
13,837
126
www.anyf.ca
It definitely seems AMD is not doing very well, it will be sad to see them go. There needs to be healthy competition. Then again, I don't think they've been considered competition for a while now. But if they go then Intel wont have anything stopping them from artificially raising their prices. Same with Nvidia.

I wonder if we'll ever see a new player in the cpu market. I could see a company like Samsung perhaps.
 
postmortemIA

postmortemIA

Diamond Member
Jul 11, 2006
7,721
40
91
sorry for AMD engineers, they can't be that bad to be guilty for disappointing CPU performance in last few yrs.
To be honest, AMD would be dead long ago if it wasn't for NetBurst. As soon as Core Duo came out, it was game over for AMD.
 
T

theevilsharpie

Platinum Member
Nov 2, 2009
2,322
14
81
AMD is hurting for sure, but their products are still reasonably competitive in the market. If restructuring the company allows AMD to focus on the niches they're good, they'll survive. Of course, my confidence in AMD's ability to execute on a restructuring plan (or any plan, really) is low, but even so, I think a deathwatch thread is premature.
 
Maximilian

Maximilian

Lifer
Feb 8, 2004
12,604
15
81
Intel haswell i7 4600k - $9,000

Intel skylake i7 6600k - $15,000

Poor AMD :( although OCZ can go to hell.
 
NikolaeVarius

NikolaeVarius

Lifer
Oct 25, 2006
11,036
11
91
I definitely prefer Intel to AMD, but AMD needs to be there to at least give a semblance of competition. AMD simply does not seem to be able to put out a competitive product in the 200 dollar range.
 
GagHalfrunt

GagHalfrunt

Lifer
Apr 19, 2001
25,284
1,998
126
moonbogg said:
I love to hate AMD, but if they go then we are all screwed. Intel will rape the hell out of everyone and everything and so will Nvidia if the graphics go as well.
Click to expand...

That's the problem, Intel happily raped everyone before AMD and will instantly double prices the minute they kick the bucket. Anyone that buys an Intel processor should be forced to donate $25 to AMD. It would save the company and that $25 is a drop in the bucket compared to how much AMD drives down Intel's prices.
 
techs

techs

Lifer
Sep 26, 2000
28,559
4
0
I think the changing nature of the market is killing AMD.

The paradign where Microsoft and Apple kept writing bigger and more thirsty OS'es and applications drove the CPU manufacturers to make more and more powerful cpu's is nearing an end.

However, much like the MP3 was good enough to replace cd audio the low cost ARM chips can now run just about all the apps most people use. You don't need a 700 hundred megabyte Bluray software program. You can play them with a 7 mb. Windows Media Player Classic.

Windows 7 ran better than Vista on the same hardware and I have run Windows 8 on an AMD C-6 dual core at 1ghz(turbo 1.33) and it ran better than many of the Vista machines did in the 800 dollar price range.

I always wondered how ARM stayed in business with such low revenue but it turns out that Intel and AMD were working in a world where profit margins were astronomical. As soon as ARM's caught up to running the apps that 90 percent of the people used all the time it was the end of the party for the huge markups.

We are reaching the point where cpu's can be made with off the shelf components and designs. Instead of hundreds of dollars a SOC can do most things for under 20 bucks.

In the soon to be rapidly shrinking home market for powerful, expensive home cpu's there is only room for one. And its clearly Intel.
 
C

Corporate Thug

Lifer
Apr 17, 2003
37,622
0
76
moonbogg said:
I love to hate AMD, but if they go then we are all screwed. Intel will rape the hell out of everyone and everything and so will Nvidia if the graphics go as well.
Click to expand...

AMD has not been competitive in the high end CPU sector for a while and sandy/ivy prices are still very reasonable so I'm not all that considered. NV on the other hand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom