Intel Admits To Falling Behind AMD

Vicegrip writes "CNN is carrying a Fortune story covering an analyst meeting held on Thursday. There, CEO Otellini admitted Intel has fallen behind AMD with lost market share, technological leadership, and recently profitability. Intel also announced cuts to 1 Billion in spending." From the article: "Intel's market share recently slipped below 80%, and Otellini strongly emphasized the need for market share gains in all his remarks. On the other hand, he also suggested that Intel's recent market share losses (to AMD, whose name was not mentioned) were in line with historical variations which tracked to Intel's product generations."

Re:Huh?

[NitsujTPU]

Intel holds 80% of the market... they're not falling behind AMD. They're falling behind and AMD is, presumably, gaining the share that they are losing.
Did he really need to call AMD out like some kind of pissed off gangsta rapper?

Don't you ever f---ing forget who invented x86
Those other manufactures are underwater wearing shoes made of bricks
And if you ever release another processor you better lie low
AMD I'll come around and bust a cap in your skull

12 step program following?

[staryc]

Step one: Admitting your problem.

Yeah, but...

[XanC]

Thanks to Intel, Bumfuckgrad has expandability built in!

I Care

[TexVex]

No, not really. Given identical graphics cards, I'll take the one in the machine with the AMD CPU in it over one in an Intel box any day.

Re:Huh?

[x2A]

They're just trying to say, an in oh-so-not-connected way, "look, we don't have the monopoly AMD sez we do, so errr.... plz don't sue us anymore"

It's simple really :-p

Re:Huh?

[Chr0nik]

Wait, since I'm a fan of the underdog by default, does this mean I have to start cheering for intel? Because it still doesn't feel right. Wait, lemme check....

GO INTEL!

Nope, I feel dirty. Going to shower now.

Re:Huh?

[Nesetril]

AMD's response:

I love it when you "giants" be talking, saying my name,
Seems like your mouth is not connected to your brain,
X Sixty Four and HT, it ain't the same,
Better have a strap, Intel, simple and plain,
Put your FSB on the table, let's play the game,
Heard you so long, you be up to take the pain,
I don't wanna hear what you meant, do not explain,
As you lose your market share, say my name.

Re:Huh?

[Chr0nik]

Yeah, I guess, I don't know, I just like to see the little guy rise up and deliver an asswhoopin once in a while. I guess that's romantic, I cried when I saw "Rudy". Whoa, look at me. Hopeless romantic here. Never noticed that before. What are you a psychologist or something. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

And who modded me down as "overrated" when I wasn't even "rated" yet. Are you modding me down because amd is overrated?

Re:Are they falling behind thanks to Otellini

[Mr Z]

For instance, the fact they think the name V//V (or Viiv, or whatever) is a good one (regardless of the merits—or lack thereof—of the platform) should hint at some sort of pervasive mental illness...

--Joe

Re:Intel Internal Memo

[caluml]

All those kisses at the bottom - that's a nice touch. Seems like quite a close and intimate company to me - not like the evil mega-corp people portray it to be...

Re:Huh?

[NitsujTPU]

AMD you little b----
Don't be making no threat
While Dell's kids copy your rhymes
You copy our instruction set
Our photomicrolithographic process is superior
So you better beware
Our chips are getting even smaller
Than your market share