Quote Originally Posted by M.Beier View Post
What is going on here is Intel is a MUCH bigger company, has ALOT more researchers, and AMD was close to facing bankroupcy, ofc. the investers want value for their money... The segment is of less importance....

AMD is performing very well in laptops....
AMD is performing very well in HTPC...
AMD is performing very well in netbooks...
AMD is BLOWING for desktop/workstation...
I cannot comment server segment, as I do not have suffecient knowledge.

Small Form Factor, I'd pick AMD for the time being, I wouldnt even have any doubt that Zacate OWNS ATOM... The Sandy Bridge is really strong - Ivy Bridge is not much stronger, just lower power consumption at same performance... AMD is behind on this segment, and as Monstru clearly expressed, it truely hurts remembering the greatness of AMD64 FX (FX51,53,55,57,60) and then seeing this, mocking the legacy bigtime.
I wonder how much of their sales are mobile vs desktop.

Another thing I'm curious about is how it handles all the server apps. It is possible that AMD focused mainly on the server side and the architecture just doesn't do as well on the desktop side? Maybe? No idea, just throwing random thoughts out there

The one last thing I'm really waiting for on performance testing is how it does with WCG. That is what my main use of computational power is.