Anyone knowledgeable about AMD?

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Doing a research proposal currently on AMD (only a proposal at this point, the actual thing comes later).

Is there anyone here who is quite up to scratch with AMD as a company, and would be able to read through what I've currently written, and possibly add some strategies?

For once it seems a relevant request regarding the forums and the people. :D

Can email in trust.

Thanks a lot.
 
Read the book "Inside Intel", thats a good start if you havent read it. I used to work for Intel so i know a fair amount about them and how they began.
 
Would you mind giving a more historic viewpoint on the matter from a "competitors" viewpoint so to speak? Just a line or so on how AMD or whoever were perceived? Email is in trust.

I would love to read the book and I certainly will, but my deadline is 4pm. :(
 
Pate said:
About to start research proposal currently on AMD (only a proposal at this point, the actual thing comes later).

Is there anyone here who is quite up to scratch with AMD as a company, and would be able to read my title, and do possibly to my proposal for me?

For once it seems a relevant request regarding the forums and the people to do someones work for them. :D

Can email in trust.

Thanks a lot.
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Pate said:
Would you mind me spooning out your brains on the matter from a "competitors" viewpoint so to speak? Just a page or 6 on how AMD or whoever were perceived? Email is in trust.

I would love to read the book when I'm not out partying and I might in the next 10 years, but my deadline is 4pm. :( and I only woke up 20 minutes a go with a massive hangover.
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Wrong my good fellow. I haven't slept as of yet, having finished off an essay due today, and have already reached the word limit for this proposal, I just need it smoothing off.
 
K7 "Thunderbird" CPU. Smoke. Fire.

VIA KT133 chipsets. Broken PCI implementation. Crackling audio output.

Those were my memories. Alas always gone with Intel ever since.
 
NathanE said:
K7 "Thunderbird" CPU. Smoke. Fire.

VIA KT133 chipsets. Broken PCI implementation. Crackling audio output.

Those were my memories. Alas always gone with Intel ever since.
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I had a Duron at one point. Was a good PC, played GTA once I upgraded past the 8mb video card IIRC.

Alas I cannot include such wonderful memories. :(
 
Opteron 146, just write that in the middle of a page and then hand it in. Just the mention of that legend should get you a 1:1 I remember chasing stock like it was yesterday still got mine in a box as I couldn't shift it on the MM last year.
 
NathanE said:
K7 "Thunderbird" CPU. Smoke. Fire.

VIA KT133 chipsets. Broken PCI implementation. Crackling audio output.

Those were my memories. Alas always gone with Intel ever since.
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K6-2 - terrible FPU performance and you had to run a .exe file every boot to patch bugs (setk6?), at least they were better than Cyrix. :p
 
a1ex2001 said:
Opteron 146, just write that in the middle of a page and then hand it in. Just the mention of that legend should get you a 1:1 I remember chasing stock like it was yesterday still got mine in a box as I couldn't shift it on the MM last year.
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I had one of those, but I did manage to shift it on the MM :p
 
Burnsy2023 said:
I had one of those, but I did manage to shift it on the MM :p
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I got down to pay the postage and it's yours and still nobody wanted it, I'll keep it! It's an iconic processor I remember very very few pieces of hardware that have managed to kick off a feeding frenzy like those did, I half bought it meaning to sell it on the bay straight away for a profit but I just had to have it in my PC! Still running the same rig just got a cheapo Dual Core Opty instead!
 
AMD Thoroughbred 1700+ 1466MHz, a lot were binned 2400/2500+ and went like stink when overclocked. It was relatively easy to get 2200MHz and with some modding 2.5GHz or more was a possibility. This was most probably the best cheap CPU and I bought at least two from OCUK and several more at other places. Was about £43 from memory.

My first AMD in 1994-5 was a 486 DX2 - 80MHz on a 40 MHz bus. This was an improved version of the Intel DX2 - 66 and required overclocking the bus. It was just about as fast as the Intel DX4 - 100.

My K6 and K6 - 2 where nothing to write home about but I was immediately impressed when I bought one of the first Palomino K7, the 1333+ in a KG 133 mobo.

I had many types of K7 as stated before, up to the Barton, all were overclockable to a degree and used 166Mhz and 200MHz front side buses, DDR 3200Mhz ram.

Since 64 bit, I bought the first 939 socket 3200+ when it came out, a nice processor for about £90 and subsequently went dual core with the 3800+.

Now running AM3 and hexcore, plenty quick enough currently.

I have also built quite a few Intel machines, so not a total fanboy.
 
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