AMD Eschews Smartphones, Tiptoes Towards Tablets
Linked by David Adams on Sun 14th Aug 2011 22:38 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems Last week, Rick Bergman, general manager of AMD's Product Group, noted that while AMD was excited about the growth opportunities it saw within the tablet market, it had no plans to enter the smartphone space. Bergman's comments are a reassuring indication that the company hasn't concocted a harebrained scheme to charge off into a market it can't currently compete in. The emerging tablet market is a different matter.
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Comment by OSbunny
by OSbunny on Mon 15th Aug 2011 02:22 UTC
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2009-05-23

Yeah but they have concocted a harebrained scheme to charge off into the ultra-low margin DRAM market. AMD memory modules have been pictured online.

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RE: Comment by OSbunny
by Brunis on Mon 15th Aug 2011 12:10 UTC in reply to "Comment by OSbunny"
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2005-11-01

Yeah but they have concocted a harebrained scheme to charge off into the ultra-low margin DRAM market. AMD memory modules have been pictured online.


So have Apple Stores in China .. must be way harder to put a sticker on someone else's product, hi Michael Dell!!

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RE: Comment by OSbunny
by zima on Tue 16th Aug 2011 12:08 UTC in reply to "Comment by OSbunny"
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2005-07-06

Have they? I doubt they make the modules (heck, they don't strictly make much of anything after Global Foundries spin-off), AMD probably just slaps their branding ("extracting more value" or smth) on a product most likely made by some OEM (that's where the thinnest margins are)

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AMD an ARM player
by fran on Mon 15th Aug 2011 11:17 UTC
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2010-08-06

But secretly they want to enter the smartphone market.

Rumour..they are eyeing a takeover of Texas Instruments OMAP division.

http://semiaccurate.com/2011/07/29/texas-instruments-selling-their-...

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RE: AMD an ARM player
by CapEnt on Mon 15th Aug 2011 12:29 UTC in reply to "AMD an ARM player"
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2005-12-18

Based on the current financial situation of AMD, i think that is easer for TI to takeover AMD. =P

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