Ars Technica - Are You Insane?

So Ars Technica had an article talking about what companies may be on the edge of relevance in 2014. They have Radioshack, Blackberry, Zynga, and two others. Those three have been on the edge of relevance for the last 2 years, but the more interesting one of the other two is AMD (the other one was HTC). Now, they do say that AMD scored big by getting their processors in all three next-gen consoles, they go on to say that AMD is going to be overpowered by Intel and ARM processors. I say nay.

AMD is soon going to be who anyone making a computer on a budget goes to, especially for gaming. In 2014, this month as a matter of fact, AMD is releasing a new line of APUs. By the end of the year, anyone with a laptop that isn't a Mac will have an AMD APU in their computer. Why? Well, because the APUs are getting more powerful every year. And the next line of APUs will allow people to perform amazingly without breaking the bank.

A quad-core processor from AMD costs less than a dual core processor from Intel. That's just... true! And with APUs becoming the mainstream soon, AMD already has a large backing for them. AMD's numbers, despite what Ars Technica thinks, are constantly rising. And they will continue to make profit as they release better products. Ars Technica says their share dropped to a 16% in the PC space. I'm calling bullshit on that, because most people are turning to tablets, which many people are counting as PCs/laptop replacements. So yea, their percentage dropped now that tablets are in the mix, but take tablets ou and it's still a small gap between Intel and AMD.

AMD isn't going anywhere as long as they keep doing what they're doing. They've got money coming in constantly from the next-gen consoles and their new line of GPUs, and their APUs are about to make a huge dent in nVidia and Intel. You can quote me on this too, but I think AMD may actually end up being in the lead by 2016. Custom computer builders are seeing the benefits of 8 physical cores now, and AMD holds that entire section to itself if you want affordability. AMD will be the face of gaming in 2014, and the face of computers by 2016.

But that's just my opinion.