It’s my understanding that AMD manufactures more powerful chips? gpu’s? for far less cost and that once a company is locked into one brand they can’t move to the other because of compatibility issues? What are the issues? I work in OEM distribution but obviously not technical… based on ability I would think customers would always pick servers/ whatever with AMD inside because of the “more for less” capability but Intel has such a strong hold on the market that doesn’t seem to be fading.
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It’s not really a better or worse, they’re two companies at the end of the day, making different choices, just trying to make money.
Intel works on a tic-tock type system, so every socket is released with 1 chip, gets 1 update, and then a new socket. This is reliable, but has lead to anti-consumer practices such as changing minimal parts of the socket just for the sake of a new refresh.
AMD saw this practice as their “in-road” to the market, and have managed to make a huge dent in the market, and seriously hurt Intel as a result with the AM4 platform. This doesn’t mean AMD is superior, Intel is dead, or that we should always buy AMD though. Having competition in the market is what we want, and is going to keep them innovating and keeping prices good for the consumer. AMD is now moving to AM5, and hoping for another smash hit, but we can’t rely on it being as good as AM4, but we can hope that they will continue with the same ethos that lead to what made AM4 work.
Intel still has a tight grip on the OEM market though, probably partially because they don’t care about upgradability, they give you a box, that box does what you want, and then they sell you a new box a few years down the line. AMD is starting to make a serious dent into this, but nothing like what we’ve seen in the consumer Desktop market. Same for Laptops, we’re seeing more AMD ones, but still not overtaking Intel, likely for the same reasons.
I think what you’re mostly referring to with “more for less”, is the X3D line of AMD chips, which are an excellent line, and have been huge for gaming, but again are a small part of a small market share. They’ve definitely made intel nervous, but not to the point they’re worried about their existence as a company like AMD have been before. We’re also seeing a lot more diversity in the market anyway, with things like Apple silicon, ARM style chips (vs x86 for the two we’ve been talking about), and more GPU/AI accelerated processes.
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