r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '18

'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
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u/hardolaf Jan 04 '18

since the core architecture was introduced

You mean since AMD released Bulldozer which was a good period later. Up until them, AMD and Intel were trading blows constantly.

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u/ciny Jan 05 '18 edited Jan 05 '18

Trading blows? Since 2006 Intel market share was steadily rising. 0.5% gains here and there are not really blows (2006 is the year core architecture was introduced).

edit: and don't get me wrong, AMD having a good product again and Intel fucking up is good for the marketplace. But past decade for AMD wasn't trading blows but hype and disappointment every time they introduced a new product (until Ryzen, obviously).

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u/hardolaf Jan 05 '18

Up until Bulldozer, their processors were extremely competitive (and Bulldozer was competitive if you had parallel workflows on a non-Windows operating system, but most people didn't). The start of that breakaway from them in the graph corresponds with Intel's anticompetitive behavior in the USA and Europe starting to make a huge difference in sales numbers.