processor manufacturer AMD reached a technical peak just after the turn of the century, with families Athlon client and Opteron for servers. Although it was not the shops so good, in fact, it was losses in 2001, 2002 and 2003. After it has been shaky, with gains in some years and losses others.

Class=”paragraphIntro”> Given that in some years has offered significant losses, it is hard to believe that AMD is actually left. Especially as it is not technically leading the same as 10-15 years ago.

There are three obvious causes of AMD’s problems.

  • Firstly, the main competitor Intel simply played their cards better. In the new century, Intel has sailed away in terms of processors for client computers and servers.
  • Secondly, AMD has missed an opportunity to gain market share in smart phones and tablets.
  • Thirdly, the acquisition of ATI Technologies in 2006, a maker of graphics chips, not been successful. There are plenty of reports of different corporate cultures and difficulties to cooperate between the “old” AMD and ATI part of the company.
    • There are four things that can save AMD.
  • Firstly, manufacturers of client and server have AMD remains, at any price. The reason is that they do not want to be totally dependent on Intel for processors. Second, it provides a total domination mean that Intel can dictate terms in a way that may be negative, and the manufacturing problems for Intel cause delivery problems.
  • Secondly, AMD has released the Intel