How Qualcomm Tried and Failed to Steal Intel's Crown Jewel

Re:How Qualcomm Tried and Failed to Steal Intel's Crown Jewel by abainbridge on Sunday September 23, 2018 @03:43AM (#18049903)

And, I expect Intel also has a cost-base problem. They have 106,000 employees, compared to AMD's 8,900.

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Re:How Qualcomm Tried and Failed to Steal Intel's Crown Jewel by yvdriess on Sunday September 23, 2018 @06:14AM (#18050361)

False comparison. Intel is doing a lot more than AMD, those employees are across many different products and business units.

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Re:How Qualcomm Tried and Failed to Steal Intel's Crown Jewel by noir_lord on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:34AM (#18050801)

Doing more things isn't necessarily a good thing, doing the right things is.

AMD has a ruthless focus on a couple of markets, a competitive product and clear leadship.

That makes them a threat whatever the headcount.

If EPYC starts gaining ground in the high margin/high volume server market then Intel has to double down and they might, the Core architecture was a response to the AMD64 and a good one.

They aren't out the fight but they are taking a few hits at the moment .

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