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Re:Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues by paulie_a on Friday January 12, 2018 @05:00AM (#16131715)
As an avid fan of AMD going back to the late 80s they have always been a cheaper and better alternative. I am still bitter about rdram in regards to Intel
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Re:Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues by readams on Friday January 12, 2018 @09:59AM (#16133300)
They really haven't. AMD was so far behind Intel they were in danger of going extinct in data centers. Only very recently have they caught up again to be a credible competitor.

This bug and Intel's response is very good timing for AMD though.

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Re:Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues by xenadu02 on Friday January 12, 2018 @02:00PM (#16135345)
It was Intel’s anti-competitive and illegal actions that prevented AMD from owning the market during the several year period when Opteron was not only the best CPU but the only 64-bit x86 CPU.

Unfortunately the legal process was far too slow and the penalties were a pittance compared to the profits.

It benefits all of us to have a competitive market for x86 CPUs.

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Re:Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues by tyingq on Friday January 12, 2018 @12:03PM (#16134328)
They have been in a similar position before. It took Intel a while to respond to x64/Opteron. AMD was soaring for while back then.
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