AMD faces Lawsuit over Core Count on Bulldozer
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Illnino
Oh dear, could be that straw.......
isidore
well i remember pretty clear that at the launch of this cpu's, you, Hilbert, presented some info on this and said something about 7,5 CPU or something like that.
Also how can this lawsuit stand when the performance of the CPU's drastically depends on how a application uses them, and as far as i know amd's 8 core cpu's work as they should in multi threaded apps and use the cores properly.
or maybe i'm missing something, anyway the suit it's pretty shady.
(.)(.)
quick, post those gtx970 3.5gb articles to protect AMD.
fantaskarsef
AlmondMan
**** you, Tony Dickey.
CPC_RedDawn
JoseyWales
Not good, not good at all..
This is way worse than the 3.5 mem issue vn went through. It's out and out *****ulent and they will certainly take a big hit on this one as that is a lot of cpu's to replace. What is interesting is that the company just shed it's graphics division and now news of this.
Things don't bode well for them and this is the sort of things that ends companies.. I don't think it will be the case with them but it is really going to hurt them.
I can't recall the specs on the PS and X1 but don't both of them use bulldozer cpu?
CPC_RedDawn
antonelli3573
Better call Saul...
I know a guy who knows a guy that has a true 8 core CPU.
RzrTrek
The final nail in the coffin?
__hollywood|meo
srsly? a class action suit?? how underhanded
poor amd
labidas
pfff...
AMD can easily win this. Some losers just trying to make money.
Dch48
Another frivolous lawsuit that should be summarily dismissed. The cores of a bulldozer CPU do work independently as can easily be seen by running a utility like HWinfo. This shows the speeds of each core changing independently of each other which proves that they do function as separate units.
nz3777
I would really be shocked if this so called (Dickey) guy actually wins this law-suit,In my opinion just another loser that is looking for a free-ride on someone else back!
I am curious tough as some have Stated Amd already being in trouble,this could be the Final nail in there coffin,Zen cannot come soon enough I tell you.
xIcarus
Illnino
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vbetts
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Kaarme
Dickey and his two PC stores will lose this, obviously. I reckon the US justice system isn't as poor as the US patent office, so it looks like a clear case. Who knows why they even bother to try.
Fox2232
People saw all those SH*TTY results of initial benchmarks. Most of us were pretty disappointed with single threaded performance and very few of us had use for all 8 cores.
There are 2 types of people:
1st) people who made informed decision, had use for Bulldozer and bought it. Or bought intel as Bulldozer was not been good enough for them.
2nd) incompetent idiots who shopped randomly without smallest of efforts put towards knowing product.
One should note that Total performance per $ was better than i5s upon release.
xIcarus