AMD计划出卖Austin研发中心

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is selling its Texas campus as a result of the sluggish PC market.

Chip maker AMD said it will sell and lease back its 58-acre Austin, Texas campus for $150 million to $200 million. It hopes to close the deal in Q2 2013.

This isn't the first sign of AMD's struggles. In Q3 2012, the company's cash declined $279 million to $1.48 billion. Research firm Gimme Credit also downgraded its rating for AMD from "stable" to "deteriorating." Furthermore, it has been laying off engineers (about 15 percent of its workforce in October 2012) as it attempts to save some cash.

Why the troubles? Mainly because 85 percent of AMD's business relies on the PC market, and the PC market has been taking a hard hit in recent years.

Since the introduction of mobile gadgets like the smartphone and tablet, PCs have seen a strong decline in sales. Consumers want mobility, and these gadgets combine the power of PCs with the convenience of mobility. Hence, PCs have been down in the dumps.

AMD is currently looking to sneak into other markets in order to stay afloat. In late October, the chip maker announced it was making 64-bit ARM processors for multiple markets. It's starting with its Piledriver Opteron 6300 Series, which will replace the Bulldozer-equipped Opteron 6200 Series.

Just this month, Reuters claimed that AMD was pursuing a sale, but AMD denied it. It's currently looking into its options, but a sale isn't No. 1 on the list.

Intel has been in the same PC slump as AMD, but seems to be doing better through these hard times. It posted a better-than-expected $3 billion USD profit in Q3 2012, and has been working hard on its 22 nm Haswell architecture to rival the likes of AMD. Haswell will launch in 2013.

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Intel在Austin也有研发中心，AMD把故地卖给Intel，恐怕还能要价高点，多赚点钱

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itany 发表于 2012-11-29 17:52
Intel在Austin也有研发中心，AMD把故地卖给Intel，恐怕还能要价高点，多赚点钱

那也要Intel想要呀！
不过Intel在某神眼中这么羸弱，还不如卖给强大到可以拯救人类的ARM呢！
或者干脆改建为AMD的ARM研发中心，直接给Intel以致命的打击
反正AMD已经宣布进军ARM的服务器市场了

飞行线条

AMD如果没有外来的智力资源注入恐怕很难出新，从DEC的工程师到IBM背后的芯片生产技术，AMD才能有所谓超过INTEL P4的短暂辉煌，到了今天AMD只有出售地产了

INTEL不是已经丢失高价人才，INTEL高性能计算部门的头头空降AMD的显卡部门做最高主管了吗？看来AMD的显卡会像INTEL集成显卡一样高性能了哈

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飞行线条 发表于 2012-11-29 18:02
AMD如果没有外来的智力资源注入恐怕很难出新，从DEC的工程师到IBM背后的芯片生产技术，AMD才能有所谓超过IN ...

呵呵，谁知道不是卧底呢，没准哪天Radeon就变蓝了

FENG950

AMD不是打算这样自救吧，今后把研发交给别人（比如ARM），自己打个牌子专门卖产品？真正回归桑德斯本行？

飞行线条

FENG950 发表于 2012-11-29 20:32
AMD不是打算这样自救吧，今后把研发交给别人（比如ARM），自己打个牌子专门卖产品？真正回归桑德斯本行？

AMD最近股价大涨50美分，涨幅接近20%多，真是成果丰硕啊
看来AMD有房地产的天分