Author Archives: Nigel Dessau
The Babel fish
Mike Silverman, who helps me post my blogs on-line, made a reference to my favorite book last week. I am mentioning this not because he talked about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (a career advancing move) but because I … Continue reading
Want woofers and tweeters with that?
AMD has just had its annual IT Industry Analyst conference in Berkley, California. Lots of interesting conversations and great feedback. The bottom line for me was that – after spending three days together – most analysts are confident (if I … Continue reading
Three times a charm?
There has been lots of discussion around our recently launched triple-core AMD Phenom™ X3 processor lineup, and a number of online resellers already offer the processors. Consumer systems from Hewlett-Packard and Gateway that use the AMD Phenom™ X3 processor are … Continue reading
In the fours
The four-processor or “4P” server market is generally considered the server infrastructure of choice for both virtualization and mission critical applications. It’s interesting that about 6 in 10 4P systems sold in the US are AMD based (in the rest of … Continue reading
It’s a small world after all…
I was looking for a way to start my new AMD blog and had been discussing ideas with my new team. Maybe I could start with the ‘10 things I have learned since I joined AMD’ or even better, ‘the … Continue reading

