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AMD Challenges Intel's IDF

By Justin Mann

On August 23, 2005, 11:17 AM

Every year, Intel hosts their 'Developer Forum' in which they discuss for several days Intel going-ons and coming attractions for the next few years. They often have product demos, road maps, technology unveilings, et cetera. Essentially, it is a marketing campaign. AMD has tried hard to make sure they get some of the spotlight the past few years with their releases, and this year they are doing it near the IDF.

”On Tuesday, AMD is launching a one-day advertising blitz that challenges Intel to a "Dual-Core Duel." The ad copy invites Intel to "a live shoot-out" measuring server workloads and energy consumption.”
With the relative success of the Opteron and Athlon64, AMD is going to be hard-pressed to find a second wind without some innovation, because Intel has a lot of promising things on the horizon. They are taking everything they can get. An Intel spokesperson declined to comment about the situation involving AMD at the IDF, but AMD is not giving up, going so far as to even put an advertisement with an Opteron processor in a boxing ring, alone, 'waiting' for an opponent.

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  1. August 23, 2005 12:35 PM
    smtkr said:
    Am I the only one who thinks AMD looks pathetic doing this?
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  2. August 23, 2005 1:11 PM
    Nic said:
    Problem is, everyone's at it...not just AMD...this is the American way...[no offence to Americans intended].
    Reply
  3. August 23, 2005 2:01 PM
    Soul Harvester said:
    It isn't the "American" way. It's the world way. It is human nature.
    Reply
  4. August 25, 2005 1:52 PM
    Nic said:
    I think you'll find that most non-americans got their bad business ethics from watching what happens in the USA. I've seen the trend over the years and others follow where America has shown the way.Recently, the UK population (and others) have adopted a culture of sueing anyone they can when they are involved in silly accidents that are really their own fault, and this culture was directly inherited from the USA. It's the same story with business ethics (or lack of) though this started much sooner. Sorry, but this does appear to be the case from what I can tell.No offence intended - just an observation...It's human nature to copy.
    Reply

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