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Originally Posted by Slappa
Not too sure about that.
Llano is the majority of their sales. And the way the trend towards notebooks, tablets and netbooks is going, llano is a very powerful chip. It is so enticing to the end user because it is cheap, uses less power, but is still enough to play games, watch HD movies etc. Us enthusiasts like to think we are an important niche, but we account for very little revenue to the company. The biggest market is the average joe end user, and the server sector. BD is already confirmed 50% more data throughput, which is also enticing for the server users looking to get Interlagos. This is where AMD has always been successful too. On top of all that, AMD has sort of an invisible safety net as a company. Intel has a major monopoly on the market, and I'm sure there would be intervention by the government before they let Intel dominate every aspect of the semi-conductor market. |
As you may have seen in the benchmark tests,the A8-3500M cannot compete with the mobile i5 in CPU tests,but obliterates it in graphics tests. We have yet to know how well Llano does in a desktop. But for more power than a Phenom II you will need a BD.
Intel pretty much controls the CPU market already,so they're close. I'm sure the government would step in if AMD were to fall,leaving Intel with full reign over the semi-conductor market,however Intel has contracts with the government,along with their business practices, so I'm kinda doubtful.
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