Author Archives: Nigel Dessau
Who is the Victim?
Last week I blogged at length about the implications of this week’s European Commission ruling against Intel. Since the ruling I’ve been struck how some commentators have suggested the EC is being overly restrictive or anticompetitive, while others have suggested … Continue reading
Power to the People (or, it’s About the Consumer, Stupid)
First, let me begin with a disclaimer and a plea. This post is far longer than the norm, but today’s landmark news from Brussels qualifies as anything but the norm and is worthy of deep examination. So please bear with … Continue reading
Consistency Gives Assurance
I have discussed in this blog before about how we try to have the same function on all our chips, within a similar range. Take our current Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ― if you buy one, regardless of the price, … Continue reading
When is 7 Bigger than X?
The answer to that question changes quickly and often but for this week the answer is 7 as in Windows® 7. In conjunction with the general availability of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) this week, AMD will talking about Windows … Continue reading
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
There is a commonly held fallacy that there is one single x86 instruction set. In reality, while all x86 chips run about 99% similar instructions, no two suppliers run exactly the same base. We have a different set to Intel, … Continue reading
40 is the New 20
We’re gearing up for a yearlong celebration of AMD’s 40th anniversary – and we hope you’ll help us celebrate. Forty years ago this May, Jerry Sanders and the gang of seven set up shop in Sunnyvale, CA with $100,000. Just … Continue reading
Win Some, Win Some Others
Calling market share is a tricky game – and never more so than in a dynamic and rapidly changing market like ours. Was the increase/decrease about an inventory correction? Some parts being hit harder than others? Is it a product … Continue reading
Celebrating 6 Years of the AMD Opteron™ Processor
In today’s world the client experience is generally more about graphics while the server is more about I/O throughput. Of course there are times for both client and server when raw CPU power can be useful – but that is … Continue reading
What’s the Latest Thing the World Needs?
My guess is your answer isn’t: “another proprietary standard!” OK, I agree ― but please bear with me. I remember the days of SNA. It ruled, it worked, it offered a huge jump forward and it got killed by the … Continue reading
The Future of Mainstream Notebook PCs
On a recent flight to Asia, I noticed a few fellow travelers curiously staring at my HP Pavilion dv2 notebook. I could see their minds working as they tried to identify what it was ― “A netbook?” “Maybe it’s an … Continue reading
