During the IFA 2008 in Berlin i expected to see half a dozen systems with the new VIA Nano CPU. Of course you couldn’t find these systems on the booths of the manufacturers. When i asked them about it, they were showing me the systems behind closed doors. One manufacturer told me for sure, that they can’t show it because they didn’t want to screw up their relation with Intel!

Ever wondered why there is no official press release from Samsung about the NC20 with the VIA Nano?

http://www.samsung.com/us/news/search/newsSearch.do?searchWord=nc20&x=0&y=0

it’s a crazy world we are living in

Sorry Rodney, but you are wrong. I still have Intel WW roadmaps from 1996 [don't ask ], predicting 1GHz CPUs by the end of 2009.

Yep, predictions were that 1GHz CPU for desktop will come to market anywhere between 2006 and 2009. And the CPU would not be Itanium, but rather a Pentium II processor.

Luckily, we have competition that changed all that, all for the benefit of the consumer.

Theo

I would also ad – majority of Internet traffic is being routed using AMD-invented technology: HyperTransport is used in Cisco switches…

But when it comes to firsts, this is a pretty important part: AMD was first to 1GHz in both CPU and GPU fields: http://bit.ly/jVF85

I think AMD has a history of innovation going back years. It has been a while since I last looked at some of these things, so correct me if I am wrong, but as I recall, AMD was:

1st to introduce the SIMD (3DNow!) instruction set.

1st to break the 1Ghz barrier

1st to migrate to DDR while the competition was pushing RIMM/Rambus technology. DDR now adopted by competition.

1st to integrate the memory controller. Now being adopted by the competition.

1st to introduce x86-64…now adopted by competition.

1st to introduce native multi core technology to the desktop platform. Competitions first solution was MCM as I recall.

1st to introduce Enhanced Virus Protection into the CPU core to prevent buffer overflow attacks.

Introduced Powernow! and Cool n Quiet! technology for better power management.

The list goes on and on, but a brief review of history shows how AMD consistently innovates their products, often which seems to be adopted by the competition.

Regards,
Jay

Time to wreck down some old sandy bridges with a bulldozer…
(no bad puns intended here )

Another question: Do you know / are you allowed to tell me when there will be a desktop version of the Istanbul-Opteron?

Because I’m eager to buy myself one.

Thank’s for the 40 great years and best wishes from Austria

(I have posted this already in the 40th aniversay thread you can delete the pervious one)

But, I find your products that have been developing continuously only limited for microprocessor, core logic and add on graphics. Your network products did not developed and have been legacies. I still remember that AMD is first company with single chip NAS solutions (are you remember the single chip fast ethernet network card and SCSI solutions from AMD in mid 90’s) and the wireless chipset did not develop further when Hector Ruiz become CEO (remember AMD Alchemy Am1772 chispets). Jerry Sanders, your still the best CEO AMD of all time have been pushed networking products in the past for years. I hope AMD will innovate again in these market to bring the best all in one solutions for your consumers.

Intel started to realize AMD was a dynamic company and threatening to their practical monopoly about ten years ago. AMD made a few successful marketing pushes starting with the original slot A Athlon, onto the Athlon XP, then to the very sucessful Athlon 64, AMD had gained market share, and more importantly recognition as a major player in chip innovation.

Its funny today, you walk into a retail store where alot of Joe Consumer’s buying decisions are made, and you can’t seem to find nearly as much marketing material on AMD products as you do on Intel’s. This all makes me wonder why??

I noticed in a BJ’s last week, that every AMD based laptop had a line card with minimal specs listed, but every Intel based one told you everything about the system, and these were not line cards produced by AMD or Intel, they were typed up from BJ’s system description. Makes one wonder why that is??

How long before our homeland regulators figure out whats going on here?

Kick Intel in the teeth while they are down. Do it for tech consumers who support a fair market.

And if we support a fair market, we should be buying AMD if we are not already. To me, buying AMD is not merely a question of price vs. performance, its also a question of personal ethics.

A hearty congratulations to the entire AMD team! Holding in there and fighting the good fight.

The Velvet Glove might be a better metaphor for the force with which a company like Intel can and does go for the throat of competitors. The good news is, Like Apple with Microsoft, AMD is still standing. And squaring up for the next fight of Agility and Innovation, not litigation and legal budgets.

We all crave innovation these days. Netbooks, iPhones, MiFi bricks. AMD continues to amaze with the Fusion of the experience and the chip. Cause, sorry to say, nobody really (I mean really really) cares what “chip” is INSIDE if the computer or car or gaming console works brilliantly.

Keep being brilliant!

Congrats Again,
@jmacofearth

BTW: I’d never call you Pat.

Fact #11: 28 million Xbox 360 consoles shiped to date run AMD technology (ATI Xenos GPU).

The future of fusion is looking brighter than ever.