Radeon Branded Ram!? What!?

[waffleironhead]

AMD has to start finding more places to generate revenue, if this plan stays on track :

AMD considers dropping low-end discrete graphics


TH, just picked up on the story from the above link.

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No, if you actually read the article, they claimed that fusion was replacing the low end cards. Sounds like they think there is a higher margin in selling apus than 5450's etc.

 

[Spikesoldier]

AMD has to start finding more places to generate revenue, if this plan stays on track :

AMD considers dropping low-end discrete graphics


TH, just picked up on the story from the above link.

edited: more

the llano apus and their successors will systematically cannibalize and then erase the low end graphics market. sounds like amd is shaping the game with their differentiation strategy.

 

[notty22]

No, if you actually read the article, they claimed that fusion was replacing the low end cards. Sounds like they think there is a higher margin in selling apus than 5450's etc.

LOL, yeah , I read the article.
The cpu and graphics divisions still report their revenue separately in quarterly reports. The ram has Radeon stamped on it.
If AMD stops low end discrete cards, I understand , they HOPE, more APU's are sold, but that revenue will also be tallied to the cpu division.
Plan A, does not always work, whatever plan A is.

 

[Dark Shroud]

Plan A is simple, sell APUs at the low end to OEMs who can resell them to businesses in bulk. Then load them into cheap low end PCs to sell at big box stores.

Intel's low end CPU IGPs stink and Llano's do not. The CPUs are strong enough for web, Office, & light gaming.

If needed a stand alone video card can be added that should be able to link up with Crossfire. Then their is AMD's PowerXPress4 (Bacon) that works like Nvidia's Optimous.

 

[Zorander]

Can we expect future Catalyst packages to have optimisation for these modules?

 

[Lonbjerg]

Plan A is simple, sell APUs at the low end to OEMs who can resell them to businesses in bulk. Then load them into cheap low end PCs to sell at big box stores.

Intel's low end CPU IGPs stink and Llano's do not. The CPUs are strong enough for web, Office, & light gaming.

If needed a stand alone video card can be added that should be able to link up with Crossfire. Then their is AMD's PowerXPress4 (Bacon) that works like Nvidia's Optimous.

They both suck in my opnion...