[readams]

They really haven't. AMD was so far behind Intel they were in danger of going extinct in data centers. Only very recently have they caught up again to be a credible competitor.

This bug and Intel's response is very good timing for AMD though.

[xenadu02]

It was Intel’s anti-competitive and illegal actions that prevented AMD from owning the market during the several year period when Opteron was not only the best CPU but the only 64-bit x86 CPU.

Unfortunately the legal process was far too slow and the penalties were a pittance compared to the profits.

It benefits all of us to have a competitive market for x86 CPUs.

[tyingq]

They have been in a similar position before. It took Intel a while to respond to x64/Opteron. AMD was soaring for while back then.