I know this is completely OT, but I can remember when ICs were made with 5um features, and phones had mostly electromechanical stuff in them.
And yet, my laptop still does stuff slower than an 80286 running MS-DOS.
I think you’re right that customers don’t care what process node their CPU manufacturer was using. But if you’re running Windows, it’ll still be shite whether it’s running on AMD or Intel.
Another confirmatory source. Looks like Intel’s orders from TSMC are for the graphics processor. So no, TSMC doesn’t have the entire CPU market.
Intel’s new DG2 GPU would arrive in 2022, with the company using TSMC’s 7nm process node over Intel’s in-house 7nm EUV tech. This would be a move made after the continuous tripping over Intel has experienced with its troubled 10nm node, and Intel does not need a repeat of that mess as it’s just getting on its feet in the GPU market.
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We present CacheOut, a new speculative execution attack that is capable of leaking data from Intel CPUs across many security boundaries. We show that despite Intel’s attempts to address previous generations of speculative execution attacks, CPUs are still vulnerable, allowing attackers to exploit these vulnerabilities to leak sensitive data.
Moreover, unlike previous MDS issues, we show in our work how an attacker can exploit the CPU’s caching mechanisms to select what data to leak, as opposed to waiting for the data to be available. Finally, we empirically demonstrate that CacheOut can violate nearly every hardware-based security domain, leaking data from the OS kernel, co-resident virtual machines, and even SGX enclaves.
Back in 2017 I thought…AMD stock price is so low but rumors and 1st gen products look great. I really should buy now. Then I wasted the money on other things. Now, as I look at stock price it makes me arghhh.
A new security vulnerability brought to you by Intel and Apple!
Insecure Thunderbolt ports! 
Attacker requires physical access to the machine to get full access.
Repressive regimes will be happy about this though.
Looking at the stock is impressive. In 2016 Intel stock was valued around 28$, now it’s 60$. AMD in 2016 was valued 2$, now 55$. It’s great to finally have some competition.
Wow. I think the CEO is another Taiwanese American ? Lisa Su , born in Taiwan but emigrated at 3 years old to US.
What she has done seems more impressive in some ways than Steve Jobs coming back to Apple or at least in a similar category.
It’s fun to think back a couple of decades ago when AMD was mainly considered for:“Goddammit my pc broke down and I don’t have enough money for an Intel/Nvidia build, gotta save some cash and go for AMD/ATI”. Now it’s more like:“Lmao why would I even build an Intel based desktop?”.
I’m still waiting for 10/11.6" netbooks based on AMD chipsets. Once we get rid of those God forsaken Atom processors I’ll finally be able to purchase a netbook with the specs I’m looking for.
Exactly. I can’t fathom why or how AMD would have survived another decade of mediocrity. Without it NVIDIA and Intel would have become monopolies which would be bad both for themselves and the consumer.
Pretty impressive resume. Not just some boardroom blow in… worked her way up.
Comment written on a quad core Ryzen 5 laptop.
AMD Master Race: #confirmed
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ROFL that one is great, thanks!
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