AMD had a busy week last week, launching three significant new offerings across their ecosystem. First, they released their new EPYC enterprise-class of processors, which appear to more than double performance in some implementations. They refreshed their Mobile Ryzen line …
The X86 platform was getting rather stale. Yes, more cores, faster clock speeds, and advances in battery life were all interesting once, but after a while, the technology which didn’t embrace the vastly more mobile world we live in just …
Intel Evo: Revitalizing the X86 Platform and Pushing the Quality Boundaries Read More »
I’ve been meeting with several PC OEMs of late and there is a near constant cadence of producing more and more systems with AMD as the core technology provider. This is both because Intel has been having security and production …
We are rolling into the 4th quarter, which is the most important for companies selling to the consumer segment regardless of whether we are talking PCs, smartphones, or gaming systems. Currently I’m hearing reports that there are huge shortages of …
Getting to the Bottom of the Intel PC Microprocessor Shortage Read More »
There is a lot of distrust surrounding the Intel brand at the moment largely due to a sequence of events which included a slow disclosure of a serious security flaw (which appears to be getting worse), a secret early disclosure …
I’ve never seen a company so cripple itself as I have with Intel recently. From OEM support, to marketing, to just good governance—Intel appears to have all but abandoned the PC market even though companies like HP (speaking of HP, …
AMD Jumps Past Intel with Second-Generation Ryzen Processors Read More »
Laws mean different things to different people. For most, they are immutable structures demanding to be followed or strictures begging to be tested. For others, laws define the line separating conventional and unconventional behavior. For me, the most important (and, …
New Dell PCs – Predictable Evolution Delivers Customer Satisfaction Read More »
AMD’s APU is really what separates the company from Intel and NVIDIA because AMD is the only firm in their class that can blend the GPU and the CPU into one product. Targeted at the entry-level market, this not only …
The Magic of the AMD APU: Making Affordable PCs Interesting and Outpacing Intel Read More »
This is what occurred to me given the latest news that Intel had notified China long before they notified the US Government about a series of very critical security issues with Intel’s processors. This came on top of the news …
Could AMD’s Greatest Advantage Against Intel Be Trust? Read More »
Mobility continues to impact and influence IT products of every kind. That’s obvious for consumer endpoints but it’s also the case for business solutions and services. That, a few areas exist where inherent design issues have inhibited device OEMs from …
