Quote Originally Posted by hatter View Post
It cuts both ways. I am also taking a very heavy risk if I wait for a new processor from AMD to build my rig without having even an iota of knowledge about the product or even specific month of launch. Especially, when we know that Bulldozer was supposed to launch in 2009. wasn't it?

The problem is that AMD is the only competitor of Intel and unfortunately we have pretty good idea about how Intel's next CPU is going to turn out. You can't keep enthusiasts, most of whom in fact care about AMD, in dark and just give them empty words to cling on. Intel is a tough beast to compete with but more secrecy from you guys doesn't really inspire confidence.

I sincerely hope some solid info is coming next week... no performance data but at least a working chip shown in public and a specific launch schedule.

enthusiast are 1% of the market .... get real dude ... jf-amd isnt working for the client side first of all and 2nd of all even so he wouldnt spill details before his boss tell him to do so .... he has teams of lawyers who go through everything before he can say anything about a product ... its for corporate reasons .... so wait or go intel .. its as simple as that ..... and no begging will change the situation


Quote Originally Posted by hatter View Post
No, I don't. When a company is low on trust among the people who care about it, it can't just sit and think that bad times will pass. As I said earlier, I don't have confidence in AMD anymore unless I see some chips in action. And no, I am not an Intel fanboy. In fact, I am biased towards AMD because it's the underdog.

In technology, not only it is important to have market share (something AMD never had) but also mind share (something which allows AMD to compete against Intel and something that it has lost badly on CPU side of things).

If they really have goodies in store, they ought to show them. Just a peak of it or they should go back to labs and work and not give false hopes of a magical CPU with a "radically-different architecture".

LOL please mate ... get real ... amd hold their cards secretly so they can amaze us at the last minute .. theyve been doing it sincethe last couple of years and its been working nicely ... give em a break ... your part of a 1% of total sales market ...


be glad they even develop parts for our market ....