Question becomes is how is the graphics card division doing. I think that is what is keeping them a float.
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Robert G. Brown <r...@phy.duke.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Douglas Eadline wrote: > > > > > Though not formally announced, Semiaccurate seems to have learned > > that AMD is leaving the X86 server business. > > > > > http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/19/amd-kills-off-big-cores-kaveri-steamroller-and-excavator/ > > Hi Doug, > > Sad, but not surprising at the moment. I benchmarked a four core i7 > against an eight core AMD FX, and the former literally blew the pants > off of the latter -- out to eight parallel tasks! Faster AND better > scaling. I would have hoped that AMD would dig in an innovate and > regain at least parity if not the lead, because it is good for the > industry for Intel to have serious competition, but while Intel could > make money and survive as second best to AMD, AMD can't make any money > as second best to Intel... > > rgb > > > > > -- > > Doug > > > > -- > > Mailscanner: Clean > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ > Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 > Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 > Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:r...@phy.duke.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Jonathan Aquilina
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