AMD dropping the ATI brandname?! WTF?!

[JEDI]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3878/farewell-to-ati-amd-to-retire-the-ati-brand-later-this-year

"The AMD brand is viewed as stronger than ATI when compared to graphics competitors (presumably NVIDIA)."

ummm... i'm thinking bad idea? then again, i thought spending $5B that they cant afford to buy ATI was a bad idea. and the jury is still out on that buyout?


On another note:
And later this year, AMD will ship its first Fusion APUs (single die CPU/GPU).

Finally! I was wondering when this will happen since they bought ATI 4yrs ago.

Repost.. apparently.

Moderator Eli

 

[guyver01]

i vote we move this to Graphics forum so the eventual ATI vs nVidia troll fighters can argue there to no end..

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Now AMD can bask in the glory of "Intel and AMD Inside"

 

[schneiderguy]

repost
wrong forum

you're 2/2 :awe:

 

[AnonymouseUser]

i vote we move this to Graphics forum so the eventual ATI vs nVidia troll fighters can argue there to no end..

This is old news there.

EDIT >> Thread has been around since mid August. Text

 

[JEDI]

repost
wrong forum

you're 2/2 :awe:

doh!

mods pls lock

 

[Eli]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3878/farewell-to-ati-amd-to-retire-the-ati-brand-later-this-year

"The AMD brand is viewed as stronger than ATI when compared to graphics competitors (presumably NVIDIA)."

ummm... i'm thinking bad idea? then again, i thought spending $5B that they cant afford to buy ATI was a bad idea. and the jury is still out on that buyout?


On another note:
And later this year, AMD will ship its first Fusion APUs (single die CPU/GPU).

Finally! I was wondering when this will happen since they bought ATI 4yrs ago.

That sounds about right for a forward thinking, thorough design and engineering of a next generation processor. Though, I suppose I have no idea if Fusion is supposed to be next gen.

Man, I'm so out of the hardware loop.. guess I should visit the main page more.

Edit: Fine. I'll lock it, but only because it's a repost.

Moderator Eli