wouldn't it be cool if AMD and Intel merged?

[madeupfacts]

I am not hardware expert like most people here. But would not teh combine ability of both company combine create a super company and give us product that is best of both worlds?

 

[dartworth]

no...it would be terrible...

competition is good for us consumers...

 

[kt]

No.

 

[shortylickens]

Hello Newb!
Welcome.

Please stop posting.

 

[Noema]

BAN

 

[aux]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Hello Newb!
Welcome.

Please stop posting.

 

[T9D]

That would suck. Because then we would go back to 50 mhz jumps once a year and it would cost $1000 each chip. Forget that.

 

[NTB]

First, that would likely be considered a monopoly, and would therefore be illegal. Secondly, with only 1 major player in the CPU field, prices would probably go through the roof.

Nate

 

[SagaLore]

Yea that would be awesome! Instead of paying $120 for a processor, we can pay $600! Great idea!

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: tk109
That would suck. Because then we would go back to 50 mhz jumps once a year and it would cost $1000 each chip. Forget that.

Speed is the last thing that they need to improve on right now. Lowering heat and power consumption while adding cores and bumping the cache is more important for performance.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

Point is, if there's no competition, they won't innovate

 

[tbike06]

Originally posted by: aux

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Hello Newb!
Welcome.

Please stop posting.

:laugh:

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: tk109
That would suck. Because then we would go back to 50 mhz jumps once a year and it would cost $1000 each chip. Forget that.

Speed is the last thing that they need to improve on right now. Lowering heat and power consumption while adding cores and bumping the cache is more important for performance.

Adding cores will only take them so far. Can you envision using 8 cores at home while most apps are single-threaded and that is not going to change anytime soon.

IMHO, computers as we know today are getting a bit stale. A new killer app must be developed or the computer industry will end up like most other manufacturing industries (slow development, longer product cycles and a slowdown in the market). The only thing spurring the current growth is competition and if AMD and Intel merge, you can kiss that goodbye OP.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: tk109
That would suck. Because then we would go back to 50 mhz jumps once a year and it would cost $1000 each chip. Forget that.

Speed is the last thing that they need to improve on right now. Lowering heat and power consumption while adding cores and bumping the cache is more important for performance.

But, but...if you don't push the speed up, how do you convince Joe Blow to buy that new computer every year ?

Nate

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Jassi

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: tk109
That would suck. Because then we would go back to 50 mhz jumps once a year and it would cost $1000 each chip. Forget that.

Speed is the last thing that they need to improve on right now. Lowering heat and power consumption while adding cores and bumping the cache is more important for performance.

Adding cores will only take them so far. Can you envision using 8 cores at home while most apps are single-threaded and that is not going to change anytime soon.

IMHO, computers as we know today are getting a bit stale. A new killer app must be developed or the computer industry will end up like most other manufacturing industries (slow development, longer product cycles and a slowdown in the market). The only thing spurring the current growth is competition and if AMD and Intel merge, you can kiss that goodbye OP.

I can easily envision a dual processor quad core machine, with quad sli video card, and solid state hard drives, and it being able to eat up anything that you throw at it, and then some.

 

[dighn]

not cool

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: dartworth
no...it would be terrible...

competition is good for us consumers...

Ditto.

Stop posting, nub.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: dartworth
no...it would be terrible...

competition is good for us consumers...

 

[GhettoFob]

no

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: dartworth
no...it would be terrible...

competition is good for us consumers...

QFT

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: dartworth
no...it would be terrible...

competition is good for us consumers...

 

[renaldoriggs]

Stupid idea for a thread. I'm sure the OP knew what he was doing when he posted that. Nobody can be that dumb.

 

[AkumaX]

if intel + amd merged, intel would have continued to release netburst, since they'd still focus on the mhz speed..

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: tk109
That would suck. Because then we would go back to 50 mhz jumps once a year and it would cost $1000 each chip. Forget that.

dawt

competition is good

 

[StrangerGuy]

I have a conspiracy theory. AMD and Intel are already in cahoots, keeping each other afloat, contrary to what most people think.