Intel Strategy Shuts Out PC Enthusiasts

[ResonanceSD]

What, you people think AMD will still be in business in 5 years time? Are you serious?

This would be the equivalent of Intel shutting down the entire PC gaming industry. Unless in partnership with hardware manufacturers of Mobos, Dimms, PSUs and GPUs, it's not going to happen.





Oh it's from SEMIACCURATE of all places. Right, thanks for that tabloid journalism.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I will be buying a Mac, but I can see AMD sales improving.

 

[ResonanceSD]

I may just go with a higher end AMD.

What "higher end AMD" do you think exists? Intel now leads AMD in price/performance at every single tier of the market.

 

[Reyalsfeihc]

If this is true, which I highly doubt it is, I'm truly glad that AMD will be able to expand its business practices. One of the reasons why they have poor profit margins is they simply don't have the money to throw at new manufacturing processes like Intel does, so their chips tend to lag a half generation behind.

However, the source site SemiAccurate has received letters from MULTIPLE hardware vendors requesting they shut down the site as many of the "articles" they post are sketchy at best, with most being straight up incorrect.

Either way, only time will tell I suppose

 

[Kaymish]

some how i cant see intel throwing away all that market then again we should make sure AMD is in a position to better take up the slack i will be putting AMD in my machine like usual but what are YOU! going to do??

 

[-Dragmire-]

Intel Strategy Shuts Out PC Enthusiasts

Broadwell is the 14nm "shrink" of the Haswell microarchitecture, which is the successor to Ivy Bridge architecture present in Intel's Core series of CPUs, none of which is particularly relevant to anyone but the most die-hard PC nerds. But this may be: According to reports, Broadwell will not be released in an LGA package - that is, a chip that can be inserted into and removed from sockets - but instead will come soldered directly to motherboards. Even for just casual PC fans, that's bad news.

Doom theory aside, would there be any benefit to having a CPU soldered to the MB? The only difference I can think of is that it'll have slightly more heat retention from the extra solder, there's got to be a positive side right? I mean, they can't really market it as a blatant hostile market grab that makes the item itself worse.

 

[Callate]

I wouldn't mind horribly, except... I've never gotten the impression Intel was particularly good at making motherboards. I've never seen a spec for a custom-built system that said, "but what you really want, if you can get it, is an Intel motherboard." Their onboard graphics options have always been third-rate, even before AMD bought up ATi, and they have little incentive to offer the range of options modern motherboard manufacturers (say that three times fast) make available to consumers.

So... crap. I guess I need to get to building the best Windows 7 PC money can buy right about now, huh?

 

[DugMachine]

Good thing I'm running an AMD set up.

 

[gorfias]

My first IBM did not have a parallel port. My first 486 SX25 had no CD ROM or Sound Card. I had to put those in. Now, I have fiber optic 5.1 surround sound coming out of my motherboard. Intel has HD4000 graphics coming out of its chips. The Tegra 3 has 5 processing cores... for what used to be for telephones. Everything is in a state of flux and I have no idea who will come out on top.

Sure, it might be AMD if they keep the current business model. But if Intel Chips come faster and cheaper soldered on to a motherboard, we'll buy it.

 

[Solo-Wing]

Seeing how AMD hardware make up my PC... This is not a problem. I don't even want High end stuff anyways. I can play most games pretty well with my mid-build computer rather nicely.

 

[Bvenged]

Oh? Wanting to pull a microsoft here, arent we intel? Wonder if the EU will sue them like they did with microsoft... i think soldering your CPU down to motherboards is more dire then delivering your internet explorer with windows...

QFT. It's not cutting out the middleman, it's outright shutting down and stealing an entire business for your own.

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

It seems to me that this will just end up as a minor obstacle in PC building. I mean, people who build they'r own PC's are tech savvy, and gamers who build they'r own PC's are the tech savviest of the tech savvy. Surely someone could figure out a work-around, and if they're business savvy too, could make a mint in the process.
Perhaps a secondary processor that works in tandem with the Intel Chip, Effectively boosting your processing power?

"Take every knock as a boost, Every stumbling block as a stepping stone"

 

[teh_gunslinger]

And hello AMD. I guess it's time for us to du business again. You did well by me with the K6-2 ages ago. I hope you've kept up.

 

[The White Hunter]

Well AMD is looking better and better.

I was just thinking that. I think when my 2700K starts to feel run down it may have to be replaced with some AMD hardware instead...

 

[mooncalf]

Well I know what I won't be buying. Bundling components together as a proprietary whole? Hello IBM i didn't think you were still around...

 

[Panorama]

I'm still running an AMD chip, and looks like i might be staying with them.

 

[Vie]

Intel: Hey AMD dude, remember that time I tried to sue you for pinching my tech?

AMD: Er, yeh. Gee the 90's were a funny time.

Intel: Yep! And to show you there's no hard feelings, I'd like to give you something!

AMD: It's a bomb isn't it?

Intel: No!

AMD: A Windows 8 Install?

Intel: Fuck no!

AMD: Your going to try and get me to sell Ultrabooks for you?

Intel: Low blow man! Low Blow!

AMD: Sorry, you did kinda walk into it though.

Intel: Anyway, don't you want to know what I'm giving you?

AMD: Ok... ..ok, hit me.

Intel: It's the PC gamer and Enthusiast market!

AMD: Oh... ..wait... ..the part of the market that spends the most money per chip of any part of the market?

Intel: Yep!

AMD: Oh.. ...thank you. Er, jeeze now I feel awful for not having anything for you.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

I know where not to go for a new CPU when mine becomes useless then.

Hey AMD This is your chance and you had better fucking take it.

EDIT: Wait isn't amd in financial troubles?

I don't think they will be for much longer.

 

[blackrave]

I'm AMD fanboy anyway
and if AMD will play cards right then they might increase their market share