AMD CEO says every laptop on the planet has enough processing power

[Adhmuz]

Your not cloud computing either are you? That statement was based around the concept of cloud computing. If you are going to look at the equation try including all the variables.

Sorry I tend to focus on the important variable that pertain to my usage, not the theoretical usage of a cloud server in 5 to 10 years time. The reason I brought up my argument was merely because I was in a situation this weekend very far away from the grid and wanted to do some photo editing. This took a very long time, what takes just second on my desktop at home took around 10 minutes on my laptop. Another concern I have with the cloud computing idea, living in Canada there is a limited selection of good ISPs and almost all have bandwidth caps. Would the increase use of such a service not require more bandwidth?

 

[bandit8623]

what he said is bad from a pr standpoint, but he is correct. 90% of people that use laptops just browse the web and work on word docs. heck even my desktop core 2 quad from 2008 cant be slowed. I can play all the latest games on max. lets be honest a intel pentium 3 could easily handle word docs and browsing to this day if the computer wasnt loaded down with spyware and crap.

 

[Guest]

Try running windows movie maker.

 

[Zeromus]

Until we measure statistics close to total amount of particles in the universe, I don't think anything is enough.

 

[Guest]

Enough "power" for what ? Viewing porn and pissing about on Facebook ? Bah ! Some people actually do real work that requires a real desktop / laptop.

The media is smitten with ******* smart phones and tablets that really can't do very much
Not that people haven't been fooling themselves - oh look each child needs one blah blah BS.

Seriously AMD has become a joke.

 

[Guest]

When I think about it...he's kinda right. 90% of the people that own laptops have enough cpu power for what they do. Writing documents, browsing the web, playing casual games, video chating. For these uses more cpu power is not really needed. Therefore, AMD has a point. The only people that need constantly better cpus are gamers and designers. Even then, GPU is more important...therefore, I feel that APUs are the future.

 

[Guest]

Stop trying to dissect and come up with different idea's on what Rory said.

What he said was, There is enough processing power.

So you have all you need, so forget it.

 

[Guest]

AMD, CEO Rory Read told Bloomberg Businessweek "... he feels that there will be a need for chips that are better at handing various media rather than processing raw data."

This is a perfect example of the flawed mentality at AMD which has delivered the inefficient and under-performing Bulldozer architecture. AMD has always suffered from an intellectual deficit in comparison to its competition. The acquisition of NexGen in the 1990's saved AMD from itself at the time and the purchase of ATI is keeping the company from going under at the moment. Tragically, for consumers, AMD lacks the finances to keep importing visionary talent to save itself from foolish leadership. One thing is for certain, if Intel thinks they have AMD on the ropes, they're gonna try to pound the life out of their biggest "rival".

 

[Guest]

You sir, obviously have a crappy computer.

 

[Guest]

640K was not enough, so start changing your name to Rory Rong !
If you think I want my 3D-Cad / Video-editing inventions, ... up there on a bunch of iCloud servers just for giant corps like you,..., to watch, and steal, and pilfer other peoples' hard work ? then you really are Rory Rong. <- go back to your "too powerful" (LoL) Lenovo lapfarts.
I can't believe amd hired this dink.

 

[Zen]

Well I for one am not one of those types that I've heard of here, as towards just using my laptop to surf the web and type up word documents. I run a monster of a laptop and even with as beefy and powerful as it is, I would love more processor power! My Intel Centrino dual core @ 2.8g's sometimes doesn't feel powerful enough. I do serious gaming on my laptop, Call of Duty 2, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2011, Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Neverwinter Nights, Return to Castle Wolfenstein as so forth. I also do my fair share with programs like Adobe Photoshop 7.0, so when it comes to maybe adding a little bit more "hustle behind the muscle", I'm all for it!

So for me AMD saying what they did, it just doesn't jive! If a company is going to go ahead and make defeatist statements, than why bother trying to play the game? Why bother trying to act like a cutting edge processor company? Why bother trying to do anything! If AMD has lost it's testicular fortitude and is going to act defeated, then they should transition to being a whole sale supply company and get absorbed by Intel, but there again why would Intel want to digest a company who's processors aren't worth the silicon there made out of.

"All the laptops out there have enough processor power"!...................."yeah right"!

 

[Guest]

True there guy/gal .... My 2 yr old toshiba satellite has issues with 1080p and when 4k play back is attempted, computer blacks out aka heart attack ....