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**Gremlinn** · 04-23-2012, 05:42 PM

AMD lacks processor technology because it lacks the funds to hire good people. The reason Intel stays ahead is because of the people who work there. Apple could never hope to get the kind of quality people Intel has working for AMD.

The only time AMD was ahead was because they hired a bunch of people who quit from a small processor company Intel bought (the name is escaping me at the moment). That's when they came out with AMD64 and a few other cool things. Since then, intel's caught up and surpassed them.

Also, it makes no sense to try to use AMD's expertise to make ARM cores...the ARM market is already pretty saturated as far as I can tell with Motorola and Texas Instruments and a few other companies already producing tons of new chips every year.

04-23-2012, 05:42 PM	#5
Gremlinn Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 536 Senior Member	AMD lacks processor technology because it lacks the funds to hire good people. The reason Intel stays ahead is because of the people who work there. Apple could never hope to get the kind of quality people Intel has working for AMD. The only time AMD was ahead was because they hired a bunch of people who quit from a small processor company Intel bought (the name is escaping me at the moment). That's when they came out with AMD64 and a few other cool things. Since then, intel's caught up and surpassed them. Also, it makes no sense to try to use AMD's expertise to make ARM cores...the ARM market is already pretty saturated as far as I can tell with Motorola and Texas Instruments and a few other companies already producing tons of new chips every year.
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