Also, where would you pin the blame for these delays? Is it management being too aggressive? Unexpected issues with design and manufacturing? In general, the fact that AMD doesn't have the budget of Intel to throw into R&D? I'd guess it's a combination of factors, but the pessimist in me would like to blame management for just about everything.
There's really no
one to blame for the delay, its systemic.
We all held out hope of AMD delivering some awe inspiring retribution on Intel in early 2011, but AMD is as AMD does. Same with Intel.
No one here should be surprised that Intel's accountants are milking the 1366/2011 situation for all its worth, Intel is as Intel does.
Likewise with AMD. They overreach, challenge themselves with the task of accomplishing so much with so little. When the stockpile of eye of newt and unicorn dust runs low though, reality starts to hit home.
My number one concern right now is that everything about this bulldozer situation is giving me chills of dejavu 2006/2007 all over again with phenom. And while I could not care less about the financial loss to AMD's shareholders or the loss to the ego of AMD fanboys the world over, I do have many good friends and colleagues in AMD that I do worry about because the job insecurity and general environment of work stress is simply not fun or rewarding.
In that regard I don't don't care
😉
Every day that passes without bulldozer on the market is one day that Intel is closer to the SB-E and IB launches. Very very very narrow window of opportunity here for bulldozer to launch and make much of a market impression before it gets boxed in from every direction except the clearance bin at your nearest micro center.
Bulldozer needed to be released
before Sandy, not right before Ivy. 2012 for AMD is gonna look a lot like 2008, and from an employee standpoint that means layoffs and lots of general unhappiness and that is about the only reason I care to follow bulldozer at this point. There is a human side to this situation, and for me its personal.
