Nickname: lucky

Review: Yes, I agree with you Lawrence. In a potentailly huge market like India, only the clique of IT professionals and managers know about the different chip makers and other products. The vast majority of PC buyers(the public in general) doesn't even know that a chipmaker called AMD exists! So, AMD has to come up with aggressive marketing strategies to really reach the masses, tap the opportunity and make their presence known.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 5:20 PM

Nickname: Savio Lawrence

Review: This is my personal observation that in India ,Intel is selling lots of chips on the basis of the performance and advertisment. Here people go for brand that Intel has created since the last several years. AMD chips are available here too, but thousands of consumers don't even know about it. Most of the people haven't even heard about AMD. Outside the cities people assume that they don't have the choice for chips other than Intel's. If AMD could create an awareness about its products among the general public through aggresive advertising campaigns, then we could see a good healthy competition on level terms in the Indian IT market, which is a market with lots of potential.

Date reviewed: Mar 7, 2006 3:36 PM

Nickname: ScotsRob

Review: Things are changing for two reasons. Big businesses are valuing energy and space savings more in their servers than incremental improvements in processing speed. Secondly, consumers are valuing mobiles, PDAs and iPods more than PCs. Intel's and Dell's innovations may have failed to detect this shift in value leverage. In contrast, AMD appears spot on both in terms of power consumption and (incidentally) speed.

Date reviewed: Mar 6, 2006 12:06 PM

Nickname: oscar

Review: For the consumer, AMD has always been a better value proposition than Intel. I would not like to comment on the legal battles, but from a customer perspective, I am happy that AMD is gaining market share. They just make better stuff at lower prices!

Date reviewed: Mar 3, 2006 3:06 PM

Nickname: Joe Greaves

Review: Intel has total control on their platforms and works on the entire platform for managability as well as for processing power. Intel will catch up because it has a lot of very smart people there and almost unlimited resources. AMD does have IBM in its camp feeding technology as well, so AMD and Ruiz aren't the only ones working on Opteron and other such products. As for Dell, all they are is a screwdriver factory that can't service anyone to save its life. If they want AMD parts, they will lose the big Intel Inside payoff they get now and the preferential treatment they get as Intel's biggest customer and the most loyal, save Intel's Premier Channel partners. These things are cyclical and remember that AMD was ahead of Intel to 1GHz and Intel caught and blew AMD in the weeds then. It may be harder to do this time, but I believe it will happen. It's MAD Magazine's SPY vs SPY in another form, and good for the U.S.A. and customers.

Date reviewed: Mar 3, 2006 7:19 AM

Nickname: Andrew

Review: Jason, I don't think you know very much about the manufacturing differences between Intel and AMD at all. AMD is behind Intel in process shrinks but the quality of their products isn't any lower. This means it's harder to ramp to higher speeds, and processors cost more. However, this is offset by the fact that AMD is using better chip designs -- which is why AMD has faster chips and can undercut Intel on price. AMD chips are not at all less reliable -- there are no recalls or defective products. This is in marked contrast to Intel, which had to cancel all upgrades to its P4 line last year, years ahead of schedule, due to heat problems. Sure, Intel can produce many more chips than AMD can. But producing more volume is no panacea -- just ask GM. AMD has better chips on the roadmap for years down the road, and Intel may not catch up even after that. If AMD runs out of manufacturing capacity, they can choose the most profitable segments and stop discounting their chips.

Date reviewed: Mar 3, 2006 6:09 AM

Nickname: steve

Review: Please. This article is so biased. Quoting Ruiz saying Intel is abusing its monopoly position? Um, AMD exists, is gaining market share, is selling all they can make, so how, again, is Intel a monopoly? Further, AMD isn't Intel's only competitor. Intel is No. 1 in CPUs, No. 1 in networking, No. 1 in NAND Flash, No. 1 in motherboards, No. 1 in chipsets, and No. 1 in graphics market share. This is why Intel will continue to win with Dell (not to mention that AMD can't touch the manufacturing volume Dell requires). Dell does itself a favor by saying it's "talking with AMD" because Dell can then put pressure on Intel. Come on, people, can't you see it's a silly game?

Date reviewed: Mar 2, 2006 9:06 PM

Nickname: dvfagan

Review: In reading the article and the other posts, one would think that only Intel and AMD make microprocessors. I saw a Via C3M in a $399 laptop today. That will eat into the Celeron market. With AMD fastest and Via cheapest, Intel is in trouble.

Date reviewed: Mar 2, 2006 8:59 PM

Nickname: Jason

Review: One important thing that many outsiders don't know is the manufacturing process. AMD's manufacturing capability and performance is way behind Intel's. Think about it, if you are not sure whether you can have the same quality of products all the time, will you take the risk to buy huge amount of products from the company? By the way, AMD's manufacturing capacity is small. A lot of problems will appear if AMD gains more share. As to the chip performance, even suppose AMD does have some better chips from time to time, Intel can always catch up in no time. Not to mention it is hard for customers to tell which is better, really.

Date reviewed: Mar 2, 2006 7:04 PM

Nickname: JasonVP

Review: AMD has done a wonderful job with its chips. We have 21 high-end servers running the Opteron servers. We had Intel Xeons, but they just couldn't handle the load we put on them. Anybody out there needs to know that AMD puts out a great product. The 64 and dual core 64 are a step way ahead of Intel. So, gamers, desktop, notebook, and IT professionals, AMD will outperform Intel in any arena and you will get more bang for your buck. I promise. I have been working with chips for over 37 years.

Date reviewed: Mar 2, 2006 6:30 PM