Article: Parallelism at HotPar 2010
By: David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com), August 5, 2010 2:39 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Richard Cownie (tich@pobox.com) on 8/5/10 wrote:
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>Rohit (@.) on 8/5/10 wrote:
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>>If they can snag an x86 license by buying ViA, then AMD could be in real trouble. They are quite weaker financially.
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>AMD is always in real trouble. But a combination of a
>company with a too-big too-hot GPU and a company with
>a too-slow x86 cpu design would be the least of their worries.
>And if the AMD/ATI merger is any guide, the path to a
>combined CPU+GPU product would be quite lengthy.
Glenn Henry runs Centaur. I don't think he or anyone on his team wants to work for Nvidia's CEO.
You can be sure there were talks...
David
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>Rohit (@.) on 8/5/10 wrote:
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>>If they can snag an x86 license by buying ViA, then AMD could be in real trouble. They are quite weaker financially.
>
>AMD is always in real trouble. But a combination of a
>company with a too-big too-hot GPU and a company with
>a too-slow x86 cpu design would be the least of their worries.
>And if the AMD/ATI merger is any guide, the path to a
>combined CPU+GPU product would be quite lengthy.
Glenn Henry runs Centaur. I don't think he or anyone on his team wants to work for Nvidia's CEO.
You can be sure there were talks...
David