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Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

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Re: Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

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Finally, they were basically asking double price for some CPUs until there is a strong competition. This is a really good example why competition matters for the consumers. I hope similar situation happens for GPUs too. Right now NVIDIA asks for way more than the cards' worth.

Even if it may still take some years, I have really high hopes for chiplet GPUs.

Re: Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

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post #6

Thanks, but I'd still rather buy AMD since they actually offer competition. I fear that if I buy Intel now, I'm basically saying to them that they can pull whatever shenanigans they like and they're still untouchable.

You're missing out on a host of vulnerabilities.

Re: Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

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post #4

Finally, they were basically asking double price for some CPUs until there is a strong competition. This is a really good example why competition matters for the consumers. I hope similar situation happens for GPUs too. Right now NVIDIA asks for way more than the cards' worth.

Even if it may still take some years, I have really high hopes for chiplet GPUs.

Would the GPU have its own RAM or simply share address space with a CPU?

Re: Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even if it may still take some years, I have really high hopes for chiplet GPUs.

Would the GPU have its own RAM or simply share address space with a CPU?

For real 3D performance, it would need dedicated gddr. Regular ram won't cut it for a Gpu at the high end. If all they want is mid-tier, DDR4 would work.

Re: Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

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post #9

How much of Intel’s demise is due to their layoffs from 4 years ago? Did they cut too deep and mess up the secret sauce?

The CPU bugs go back much further, probably the late 00's in the beginning of the end. Short sighted speed cheating got them into this mess.

Re: Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

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post #9

How much of Intel’s demise is due to their layoffs from 4 years ago? Did they cut too deep and mess up the secret sauce?

I'm no Intel fanboy, but I think it is too early to speak of Intel's demise. They are still making a lot of money. I mean, AMD only has single digit penetration into the datacentre market, for example, and Intel is still compelling on mobile.

And I suspect the real answer is they set their targets too ambitiously with their new node. Their 10nm was simply too big a jump with too many unproven technologies, with too many unexpected obstacles.

But I wouldn't count them out of the game just yet. They are an aggressively competitive company. They'll be back.

Re: Intel slashes prices in face of AMD competition

#20
post #4

Finally, they were basically asking double price for some CPUs until there is a strong competition. This is a really good example why competition matters for the consumers. I hope similar situation happens for GPUs too. Right now NVIDIA asks for way more than the cards' worth.

I guess so but for a lot of buyers they're not even considering AMD. They're just using it as a stick to beat Intel with for a better deal.
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