[BinaryIdiot]

> These days when I read news like this, my first response is that, does AMD have any chance to survive at all? The technical details for any new chip is secondary.

I know what you mean. When I started reading my first thought was "ugh, why don't you guys just give up" which is a terrible sentiment for me to have. Carrizo looks promising but I just can't see them gaining a whole lot of market share back from Intel.

When I used to build my own computers I always picked the best processor and graphics card at the time, no brand loyalty at all. It was about the time AMD was kicking Intel's butt and it made me so happy to use the "underdog's" products. Now it's probably been a decade since I've used a single AMD processor. It makes me sad.

[fnordsensei]

I understand completely what you mean. CPUs and graphics cards are hard problems to solve. For a long time, I was very happy to use AMD, because I felt that I was helping to keep the desktop market at least at two players (which is also crazy close to a monopoly). I still use AMD graphics cards for this reason.