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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41379
Amd snatches up Intel PR guru.... at least they're not going to go with out putting up a major fight
Now that I think about it, as a move career wise, this guys wife is probably sitting at home thinking :wtf:
Now that I think about it, as a move career wise, this guys wife is probably sitting at home thinking :wtf:
Lol, Uh-huh. :p
Does snatching up a pr guru from a rival make your products quicker than those of the said rival?
Does snatching up a pr guru from a rival make your products quicker than those of the said rival?
Obviously not, but being as Intel was able to PR their way through the P4 vs AMD64 phase it must have some impact on business huh?
Obviously not, but being as Intel was able to PR their way through the P4 vs AMD64 phase it must have some impact on business huh?
So using this 'logic' I guess that means Barcy will be a hot running furnace with so so performance ?
But the 'new' AMD marketing machine will do wonders to cover that up as Intel's did during the NetWorst era. :p
Obviously not, but being as Intel was able to PR their way through the P4 vs AMD64 phase it must have some impact on business huh?
Not really, Intel lost gobs of marketshare to AMD due to having poor products in that era, the only reason they didn't lose more is AMD didn't have the manufacturing capacity to gain any more marketshare. Though they've gained a lot of that back, now.
Anyways, I don't see why anyone cares if someone switched companies, happens all the time. As far as whether or not it's a great career move.... AMD's not going under tomorrow, if it does go under... and someone like that can find another job elsewhere even if it did.
Not really, Intel lost gobs of marketshare to AMD due to having poor products in that era, the only reason they didn't lose more is AMD didn't have the manufacturing capacity to gain any more marketshare. Though they've gained a lot of that back, now.
Gobs?
It took AMD a couple of years to get some additional traction in the market.
It took Intel barely a few months to get it all back.
You think marketing has nothing to do with this?
Anyways, I don't see why anyone cares if someone switched companies, happens all the time. As far as whether or not it's a great career move.... AMD's not going under tomorrow, if it does go under... and someone like that can find another job elsewhere even if it did.
True.
I think it has a lot to do with what companies are used to buying (momentum) and gaining confidence in AMD- and getting OEM's to offer AMD products alongside Intel. When it became painfully clear that the P4 consumed vastly more power for the same, or less performance, businesses switched to the opteron. When Intel got their act together and offered products with similar or less power consumption for similar or more performance, they got a lot of it back.
wolfgar
08-19-07, 04:10 PM
Gobs?
It took AMD a couple of years to get some additional traction in the market.
It took Intel barely a few months to get it all back.
You think marketing has nothing to do with this?
True.
Good point.
Intel knows how to PR to the average man on the street (and having 10 times the budget doesn't hurt). AMD historically has targeted the techno-crowd and anti-Intel sentiments.
With all the problems around their new GPU and getting their butts kicked by NV and Intel recently; they really need some top PR people to prepare their next CPU launch.
A fantastic solution:
1) take away their best
2) learn what their future plans are. (this happens all the time)
3) create a new PR campaign that targets their weak points.
Personally, I hope AMD call pull it off with their next generations of all products. I'm not sure the market, and their creditors; will stand for another perceived flop.
And if they flop, Intel and NV will have no reason to push forward anymore. Why try hard if you have no competition?
Remember when Intel had zero competition before AMD? there was no real progress either.
lightman
08-19-07, 05:51 PM
2) learn what their future plans are. (this happens all the time)
Except that usually people are bound to contracts even after having left their previous employer. Contracts that usually forbid the ex-employee to disclose information to the new employer before a fixed period of time, usually a couple of years or so, at least in IT.
If an ex-employee discloses information to the new employer, the old employee could (and usually does) sue the ex-employee...
Gobs?
It took AMD a couple of years to get some additional traction in the market.
It took Intel barely a few months to get it all back.
You think marketing has nothing to do with this?
Old news and I'm sure things stand somewhat different now in Q3, but AMD regained 4% marketshare to Intel In Q2.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2164282,00.asp
They aren't doing as poor all round as enthusiast like to believe. Intel lost 4% market share with superior products and in a growing market.
FYI, PR guys aren't meant to convince guys on internet forums about which chip won in which benchmark...
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