I was at AMD in the mid-late 2000s helping design CPU/APU/GPUs
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#3https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809135345683841050
This should be the article link. As a non-X user the message thread in the original post doesn't work.
Re: I was at AMD in the mid-late 2000s helping design CPU/APU/GPUs
#4Why is AMD green on that graph and Nvidia red.......
Re: I was at AMD in the mid-late 2000s helping design CPU/APU/GPUs
#5> a technology cross-licensing that takes advantages of each other’s fab capabilities is going to help a lot in bringing the cost of GPU cycles down much further!
What does this mean? I thought neither have any “fab” (manufacturing) facilities.
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#6> We did launch a “true” dual core, but nobody cared. By then Intel’s “fake” dual core already had AR/PR love.
Practicality beats purity 100% of the time. This echoes "Worse is better".
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#7I love this insider view into this interesting point in computing history, especially about AMD. However, I was a little put off by the glorification of nVidia's shady practices and lock-in policies as key to their current leading position. While technically true, I dislike "ends justify the means"-style thinking.
All this as the OP glorifies AMD's engineering and grit-based culture to drive through all though tough missteps and missed opportunities.
To expand on that, I really do feel AMD has great engineering culture but they keep falling to the same traps. They do not invest strongly enough in software support nor vendor relationships. Neither of these necessitate the more evil monopolistic practices of vendor lock-in and proprietary, non-free (as in libre) software. If they can navigate that without turning evil, they'd be a company for the ages.
And I can't close with mad respect to Dr. Lisa Su for her admirable leadership, itself bookworthy. Also, quick fact, she and Jensen are cousins!
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#8> We were always engineering-led and there was a lot of hubris...
So, long story short is that most engineers, especially ones as fanboyish as this, are wildly out of place in decision making and can't see the forest for the trees?
It doesn't seem that surprising.
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#9> SUPERIOR PRODUCTS LOSE TO SUPERIOR DISTRIBUTION LOCK-INS & GTM.
This takeaway was a little odd to me in the context of 2008. I had been an AMD stalwart in my PCs since about 2000 (Athlon Thunderbird), but IIRC in 2008 Intel had the better processor. Better single core performance, better performance/watt, and I think AMD processors tended to have stability issues around this time. I remember I built a PC in 2009 with a Core processor for these reasons.
Obviously this is a niche market (gaming PC) perspective. But I don't think it was so clear cut.
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#10People keep yelling about nvidia stock but that feels like a huge bubble. AI disillusionment will hit and the stock will implode. Nvidia hasn’t made any inroads on producing actual systems, just gpus. Once Apple or Microsoft have a fast enough chip (TOPs wise), nobody will care about nvidia lead except in the datacenter. Seems like a failing position to me.