Though I think AMD could really use a piece of the low-power market, such a thing was never their strength at any point in their history. ARM alone will probably always do better than AMD in the mobile segment and Intel is already starting to outperform ARM.

Well, there goes any hope of an AMD tablet in my future. 🙁

Well, there goes any hope of an AMD tablet in my future. 🙁

I would not get another ARM tablet anyway. I am waiting for x86 one and hope it will come. To topic, I am not sure what this is based on, because I read entire released materials and they state that ARM chips are not canned, but postponed due to very small demand/growth in ARM servers.

2014-05-05: AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a roadmap of near- and mid-term computing solutions that harness the best characteristics of both the x86 and ARM® ecosystems, called “ambidextrous computing.” The cornerstone of this roadmap is the announcement of AMD’s 64-bit ARM architecture license for the development of custom high-performance cores for high-growth markets.

Skybridge is basically ARM microarchitecture which can be inserted into chip instead of x86 CPU part. So, you can have one socket and based on requirement you'll use ARM/x86. Unless AM4 design does not allow for ARM cores (which is very improbable), it is only postponed till ARM server business shows decent growth. Basically AM4 has been introduced as APU+CPU shared socket, so My money are on ability to have ARM cores there too.

More wasted money.....

Well, there goes any hope of an AMD tablet in my future. 🙁

Lisa Su explicitly said they're not interested in tablets.

AMD needs to avoid niche markets. Until tablets become more powerful and dockable.....and running an OS that's actually functional....there's no reason for AMD to be investing money in them.

AMD needs to avoid niche markets. Until tablets become more powerful and dockable.....and running an OS that's actually functional....there's no reason for AMD to be investing money in them.

I agree .. but tablets are also disposable, having a high turnover.

I agree .. but tablets are also disposable, having a high turnover.

The tablet market is flooded and sales have slowed dramatically because there's been no actual innovation since it "blew up". The closest thing we've gotten to innovation has been larger screens.

I would not get another ARM tablet anyway. I am waiting for x86 one and hope it will come. To topic, I am not sure what this is based on, because I read entire released materials and they state that ARM chips are not canned, but postponed due to very small demand/growth in ARM servers. Skybridge is basically ARM microarchitecture which can be inserted into chip instead of x86 CPU part. So, you can have one socket and based on requirement you'll use ARM/x86. Unless AM4 design does not allow for ARM cores (which is very improbable), it is only postponed till ARM server business shows decent growth. Basically AM4 has been introduced as APU+CPU shared socket, so My money are on ability to have ARM cores there too.

I was not referring to the ARM cores but the part of the slide that said: No tablets or Mobile. 🙁

I was not referring to the ARM cores but the part of the slide that said: No tablets or Mobile. 🙁

AMD would have to develop an ARM based processor for tablets. Their x86 designs aren't power efficient enough.