Intel layoffs: More seismic changes to come

[Commander Wallace]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the deeper infiltration of AMD chips into the mainstream market. I'm thinking it was Rockstar who had said they built a computer with an AMD board along with the accompanying AMD chip that in this case was a 6 core 3.5 GHZ unit. I remember it being said in this forum that it was working very well. If this wasn't Rockstar who built this, my apologies for getting that wrong.

Although Intel are better suited for different tasks than AMD chips, both have their strengths and for the basic user, those lines are very blurred. It seems Intel overly priced their chips and for a great number of users, AMD is a cost effective and attractive alternative to higher priced Intel chips.

[Platapus]

With more and more stuff being online or accessed through browsers, it is not surprising that the technology is lasting longer.

[Tycho]

It's my fault.
My home computer is 7 or 8 years.
On the workplace, I work with three computers. Two are very old single-core and with WinXP, one is dual-core on Win7, but is already 6 years. Will not buy new ones, because old ones dial well with their intended purpose.

[nikimcbee]

I can't wait for karma to catch up with these guys. Can you say H-1B visas?
they are laying off ~12000, which is a drop in the bucket for them. I'm surprised they are still in Kali-fornia,. They should close all that and move to Ore-gone. Most of their R&D is done there, oh wait, the marketing people are running the company....

Intel jumped the shark, when they aligned themselves with Lady Gaga.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the deeper infiltration of AMD chips into the mainstream market. I'm thinking it was Rockstar who had said they built a computer with an AMD board along with the accompanying AMD chip that in this case was a 6 core 3.5 GHZ unit. I remember it being said in this forum that it was working very well. If this wasn't Rockstar who built this, my apologies for getting that wrong.

Although Intel are better suited for different tasks than AMD chips, both have their strengths and for the basic user, those lines are very blurred. It seems Intel overly priced their chips and for a great number of users, AMD is a cost effective and attractive alternative to higher priced Intel chips.

AMD has not made a profit in 4 years.

But this week, their stock jumped 50%+, they have a deal going with China to supply CPUs for their upcoming server industry.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

AMD has not made a profit in 4 years.

But this week, their stock jumped 50%+, they have a deal going with China to supply CPUs for their upcoming server industry.

Zoinks!
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amd...lts-2016-04-22

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

AMD has not made a profit in 4 years.

But this week, their stock jumped 50%+, they have a deal going with China to supply CPUs for their upcoming server industry.

Originally Posted by AktungBBY

Intel rules (manipulates?) the seas in the chip/PC trade I don't see a big lo$$ for their bottom-line...

JEESE! I wonder who went out and bought AMD stock....

[Mr Quatro]

January 2014 I put together this PC for me:

Processor: AMD A-8-5600k APU 3.60 GHz with Radeon HD Graphics
installed memory (RAM) 16GB

Windows 7 64 bit

I like AMD cheap affordable easy to install and to keep cool

intel would cost $100 to $150 more which I could then spend on video card or more memory.

Now that I think about it I need a better PC, but have always lived on the premisive thought that if it works don't fix it.

[Oberon]

My old girl has been running more or less on the components I got for her in 2011. Heck, the main HDD is much older than that. I think the newest part is the RAM which I got a year or two ago, but the CPU, Mobo and GPU are all 2011 stock and they're still holding up alright.
I won't run GTAV on max settings (or quite possibly at any settings) but it works for what I want it to.

Of course, now I've typed this something will probably explode.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

January 2014 I put together this PC for me:

Processor: AMD A-8-5600k APU 3.60 GHz with Radeon HD Graphics
installed memory (RAM) 16GB

Windows 7 64 bit

I like AMD cheap affordable easy to install and to keep cool

intel would cost $100 to $150 more which I could then spend on video card or more memory.

Now that I think about it I need a better PC, but have always lived on the premisive thought that if it works don't fix it.

Did you find that the AMD CPU ran hotter or did you put in extra cooling ? I understand the A-8 ran cooler than it's predecessors.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Did you find that the AMD CPU ran hotter or did you put in extra cooling ? I understand the A-8 ran cooler than it's predecessors.

Has a stock fan, runs day and night ... the air temperature in the room does make a difference however so I use a small table fan at the under the table case level and run the AC up here for me in the summer time.

[Dowly]

AMD CPU's tend to run a bit hot, but you can can easily fix that with a cheap CPU fan.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

A friend of mine who works at Intel as a contractor tells me most of the people who are being fired are employees with benefits, some late in their career.

Of course, the important thing is that the executives get huge bonuses, am I right?

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

A friend of mine who works at Intel as a contractor tells me most of the people who are being fired are employees with benefits, some late in their career.

Of course, the important thing is that the executives get huge bonuses, am I right?

You are correct. Hopefully these execs will burn in hades. They are letting engineers go. Brilliant! For every engineer they let go, I think they should let go of 10 corporate service people, as they are useless and serve no useful function. I would not want to be an exec there, they are a rudderless ship at the moment. But hey, they have Lady Gaga 's endorsement!

[Skybird]

https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/6690...plug-pc-market