The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
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The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
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Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#2I look forward to having the time to read this in full. My first PC was an AMD 286/12 with 1mb memory. Later on, the best CPU I'd owned to date was the AMD K6-450. In 2010, I purchased a Phenom II X2 BE, unlocked it to X4 and it served me well for 8 years! I finally replaced it in 2018.
I avoided the bulldozer/piledriver series chips, and got a first gen Ryzen 5 1400. It's a fantastic chip, very fast especially at the price, and will last me years I'm sure.
In the late 90's I also did good business selling computers based on the AMD 486 DX4/120's and 133's. Those things were so fast for the time.
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#3It is hard to understand today, but back then every manufacturer of a chip design needed a "second source", a fully independent competitor who could supply a compatible chip. Otherwise it would be far too risky to design their chip into your product. What if they folded? AMD, by cloning the 8080 and other chips, gave Intel what it had to have to be a serious supplier for serious products.
The 6502 succeeded by being 1/10 the price, and was designed into products of companies that embraced extreme risk.
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#4I look forward to having the time to read this in full. My first PC was an AMD 286/12 with 1mb memory. Later on, the best CPU I'd owned to date was the AMD K6-450. In 2010, I purchased a Phenom II X2 BE, unlocked it to X4 and it served me well for 8 years! I finally replaced it in 2018. I avoided the bulldozer/piledriver series chips, and got a first gen Ryzen 5 1400. It's a fantastic chip, very fast especially at th…
Got myself AMD FX-8350 a decade ago, used it daily with minor overclocking and replaced with Ryzen 3950X last year. This old FX-8350 went into dedicated Linux machine for things I weren’t able to do with virtual one. I am curious how long will it run:-)
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#5I look forward to having the time to read this in full. My first PC was an AMD 286/12 with 1mb memory. Later on, the best CPU I'd owned to date was the AMD K6-450. In 2010, I purchased a Phenom II X2 BE, unlocked it to X4 and it served me well for 8 years! I finally replaced it in 2018. I avoided the bulldozer/piledriver series chips, and got a first gen Ryzen 5 1400. It's a fantastic chip, very fast especially at th…
My first computer was also an AMD? But that wasn't because I loved AMD or knew anything about processors. I believe my parents bought me that one because it was cheaper than Intel.
Fast forward to today, my current desktop is an AMD Ryzen 3600X.
Did you happen to own any AMD stocks back then?
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#6Offtopic: Most might be thinking fully FLOSS is something that's only happened in software, or powerless hardware. But the thing is server and desktop grade powerful and fully FLOSS hardware with PCIe 4.0 and DDR4 ECC memory are available right now to customers and businesses. Not as powerful as AMD. AMD will never be open though. It's not x86. POWER9. FSF RYF certified.
#talos-workstation on freenode IRC to chat with users.
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#7I look forward to having the time to read this in full. My first PC was an AMD 286/12 with 1mb memory. Later on, the best CPU I'd owned to date was the AMD K6-450. In 2010, I purchased a Phenom II X2 BE, unlocked it to X4 and it served me well for 8 years! I finally replaced it in 2018. I avoided the bulldozer/piledriver series chips, and got a first gen Ryzen 5 1400. It's a fantastic chip, very fast especially at th…
Got myself AMD FX-8350 a decade ago, used it daily with minor overclocking and replaced with Ryzen 3950X last year. This old FX-8350 went into dedicated Linux machine for things I weren’t able to do with virtual one. I am curious how long will it run:-)
Those FX series had a really bad reputation at the time, but it seems the extra cores have helped them age better than might have been expected. My old FX 6300 is also in a Linux box now hosting a Jellyfin server and it does quite well!
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#8It is hard to understand today, but back then every manufacturer of a chip design needed a "second source", a fully independent competitor who could supply a compatible chip. Otherwise it would be far too risky to design their chip into your product. What if they folded? AMD, by cloning the 8080 and other chips, gave Intel what it had to have to be a serious supplier for serious products. The 6502 succeeded by being…
Second sourcing was a requirement imposed by the DoD.
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#9I look forward to having the time to read this in full. My first PC was an AMD 286/12 with 1mb memory. Later on, the best CPU I'd owned to date was the AMD K6-450. In 2010, I purchased a Phenom II X2 BE, unlocked it to X4 and it served me well for 8 years! I finally replaced it in 2018. I avoided the bulldozer/piledriver series chips, and got a first gen Ryzen 5 1400. It's a fantastic chip, very fast especially at th…
My first computer was also an AMD? But that wasn't because I loved AMD or knew anything about processors. I believe my parents bought me that one because it was cheaper than Intel. Fast forward to today, my current desktop is an AMD Ryzen 3600X. Did you happen to own any AMD stocks back then?
My first computer was also purchased by my parents. Nope, no stock.
Re: The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD (2020)
#10Offtopic: Most might be thinking fully FLOSS is something that's only happened in software, or powerless hardware. But the thing is server and desktop grade powerful and fully FLOSS hardware with PCIe 4.0 and DDR4 ECC memory are available right now to customers and businesses. Not as powerful as AMD. AMD will never be open though. It's not x86. POWER9. FSF RYF certified. https://www.raptorcs.com/ #talos-workstation o…
I like the idea of FSF-certified hardware, but aren't POWER9 machines ten times the price of the average desktop?