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by PhilWright 2875 days ago
'Intel has no chance in servers and they know it' is a little hyperbolic when they currently have over 90% of the server market. Maybe when they have been reduced down to single digit figures you can say they have no chance.

Despite the current scaling issues they can simply reduce margins to be price competitive and keep up their market share. AMD entering the market is a great way for Microsoft/Google/etc to negotiate hard for the CPU's needed for the next datacentre/upgrade cycle.

Reading semiaccurate.com feels a bit like reading InfoWars, everything is a conspiracy.

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> Reading semiaccurate.com feels a bit like reading InfoWars, everything is a conspiracy.

That may be but Intel is certainly not beyond ... ahem ... interesting tactics. Demoing a CPU holding 5GHz by cooling it via an industrial chiller just to steal some of AMD's thunder?

The article is mainly about price/performance and the author made clear that in this area Intel has no chance and that this remains until 2022 according to their own documents.