Will dell ever jump onto the AMD bandwagon? - Page 4

Not aimed at the same thing, though. The Transmeta chips are geared more towards PDAs and similar. The idea isn't to have a lot of horsepower, just enough for non-demanding tasks (email and whatnot). The advantage (supposedly) is much lower heat and power usage.

For example:
http://news.com.com/2100-1006-5137422.html

As for the next big thing... i've been reading about Optical/Photonic computers for a few years now... I believe some of the big tech uni's like MIT, Cornell, etc. have working models as well as a few Electro-Optical Hybrids.... now that's some fascinating stuff. I'm too lazy to post any links so google it....

I can't wait until we have INTRApersonal computers. Then I can load up a tool like Motherboard Monitor and see, in real time, if my liver is about to crash

Gotta know your exact limits when downing the pints, eh?



Now that's a technology I could go for.

Yes, but if you can see that your liver can still handle a lot you know to really put the throttle down

Here's quick method, Take a beer bottle, perferably a glass one, and have a friend smash it across ur head. If u still feel the pain, that means you can drink more. If not, u will need to drink more to numb the pain anyways. Why use electronics when u have a good way that can get friend to involved also? And it's probably about as accurate as u want it to be

But electronically you can SHOW all your "friends" (I use the term loosely if they're going to be hitting me with beer bottles...) just how much more capacity you have than they do graphically. Might even be able to make some cool DX9 animation about the state of your liver.

Could also be good for grossing people out if you're into that

Then we'll get different people posting about how you get better benchmarks if you move to different types of beer - "I get 75 more points on LiverMark04 if I drink Smithwicks than I do on Bud" - that sort of thing.

Then there'll be the extreme overclockers who'll only drink JD...

All i have to say in this thread is:

I wish everyone would start using AMD, atleast as a optional system to give us, consumers, the choice.

Anyway, the point is, I have never owned an AMD system, but the facts are, for us computer enthusiasts who are not doing crazy encoding or whatever and are simply using our comps for games/school work/ etc, AMD seems to be not only the best price performance ratio, but also the best price + performance! A little hard to let that down isn't it?

I've read alot of stuff on how AMD would not survive without Intel and without AMD Intel's development team would slack off or whatever, and I agree with them.

But yea, basically, for 90% of the US Computer consumers (AKA homeusers), AMD would be awesome for us. For the rest of them corporate ppl, they can choose and be happy!

There are companies that sell AMD laptops. If a particular vendor doesn't sell AMD and that's what you want... buy from someone who does sell it (Hypersonic and Voodoo do, not sure about Sager and AW). If enough people buy from them, Dell, HP, etc. will probably start offering AMD for the simple reason that there's a market to tap.

Haha. It's funny how you mention this as I've been harping to my friends that if there was a means to jack into a computer I'm SOO there. Think Matrix . I can see it now...sitting at a boring meeting, close my eyes and plug into my laptop and away I go.

Here's a feature u can include... Count down time before total liver failure, that's going to turn some eyes. especially when they starting hitting lower double digits...

Hey, you can attend your own Irish funeral and plan to die drinking!!!



"Hurry up, lads, I still have twelve rounds to go and I wanna make sure the In-Laws are still here to see it!"

Looks like intel is going to do AMD style Model numbering there Processors. i guess is so the Centrino doesnt look that bad.u can read about it here

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2012

I work in the AMD FAB at Dresden Germany.

AMD has posted record revenues in Q1 2004. They are turning a profit.

AMD produces better quality CPU's.

Outsourcing Chipsets is not bad and does not make AMD stupid. if you had any "business" sense, whatever that means, outsourcing is more financially sound for AMD.

Even if AMD produced their own chipsets and offered them as one unit to computer manufacturers, it would not change AMD's share in the market. If AMD is outsourcing their Chipsets, don't you think AMD is already "packaging" their CPU's with these chipsets when offering them to computer makers so that the computer makers do not have to deal with multiple vendors?

The main reason Intel maintains 80% of the market is because of volume / resources. Even if the demand for AMD shot through the roof, and everybody wanted an AMD chip, and all the computer makers demanded AMD in their products, AMD does not have the manufacturing capacity to produce and supply the demand for these chips.

Put it this way, all of AMD's CPU's are made in Dresden Germany at a 200mm FAB. Intel owns Five 300mm FAB's in America alone which are 3 times the size of AMD's single FAB for CPU's. Intel can produce at least 20 times more chips than AMD per day/month/year ...

This is the only reason why Intel dominates the market. If AMD could suddenly pop up Three 300mm FAB's and start cranking out chips, they'll eat away at Intel's market share.

Expect more from AMD as they are currently building a 300mm FAB (in fact, i hear the construction right outside as I type this and have been watching its construction from the beginning).

AMD produces better quality chips, they just can't produce as many as Intel; thus, Intel dominates the market and computer makers have to use Intel because AMD can't supply enough chips for the demand.

I do not work for AMD, but i work with them. I have worked with Intel and with AMD and from a business perspective and as for working environment, AMD is much better.

And as stated before, AMD chips are better.

If you are someone with such insightful business sense, then please apply to AMD as an Executive Officer... I'm sure with such expertise (in the SemiConductor Industry I'd hope), one could highlight their faults and turn AMD around. But ya better have a few magic beans in your pocket so that AMD could pop up a few new 300mm FAB's to start producing MILLIONS OF MORE CHIPS, cuz that's what it takes... not any of those other "decisive strategic business maneuvers" fancy schmancy talk...

Here is something good to look at

this is great news soon (hopefully) in the furuter we will see Desktop, Laptops, and PDA with AMD CPU's

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/d...629141329.html