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1. Comment - AMD's huge gamble: Foreign investors will co-own new foundries

   (Oct 9, 2008 - 8:39 AM)

   Not sure the Emirates dislike America. Sure, Iraq isn't too pleased with us (well, their people aren't- the Iraqi government wants us to stay and stabilize their nation), or Saudi, but I can't seem to recall any instances of the Emirates being labeled as enemies of America or anything... Now I will admit there's been some deep-rooted negativity in the general Middle East region from centuries-past aggressive activities, but that may not be as universally true as some may think.
   
   Anyway, Abu Dhabi has been investing in AMD for a good long while. This was bound to happen eventually.

2. Comment - AMD's huge gamble: Foreign investors will co-own new foundries

   (Oct 9, 2008 - 8:26 AM)

   Honestly, its people like this that put AMD into this situation- they slip just a little behind Intel and suddenly a chunk of people who claimed to be AMD fans and supporters become Intel sheep. And then they slip even more as more people lose confidence in the larger and larger 'perceived' gap, which ends up a vicious cycle for AMD. People turn their backs on them, they lose profits, they fall further behind on performance.
   
   Me? I have an AMD Phenom 9850 in my main computer and it runs everything just fine (game-wise, it can handle the highest-end stuff CPU-wise, with the Radeon 4870 the only limiter with inefficiently-coded games like Crysis), so I don't get why so many people turned their backs on them when their tech can still perform well, and its usually been at a better price point. Usually, but not always, admittedly.