Intel Acquires Another Top AMD Graphics Exec

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Devon Nekechuk, a nearly 11 year veteran of AMD and Senior Manager of Product Management, appears to be Intel’s latest acquisition. While at AMD, Devon was responsible for managing Radeon GPUs throughout their life cycle. Devon helped define products with strategy teams, aided in product development with engineering teams, helped to actually launch products with marketing and PR teams, and worked to increase revenue and demand generation with sales teams.

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This could really be a good sign of things to come. Maybe Intel really are going to push out a competitive discreet GPU.
Hell even if they launched something mid range it'd be a great start.
 
I have two thoughts on this...
1) Seems Intel is going all in on graphics
2) All of these "poaches" have been AMD people (other than a Marketing guy)...... why aren't they going after guys from the company that has actually been winning the GPU war?

Don't get me wrong, AMD makes some great cards, but if you look at benchmarks, Nvidia is on top. If you look at reported market share, Nvidia has around 80%. I really wish AMD would step it up, because I need to get a new GPU to support a new 1440p/144hz monitor i got for a steal last week, but it looks like I will be saving for a RTX 2060, because there is nothing from AMD at that price point/performance.
If Intel can deliver that Nvidia level of price/performance in the next year... maybe I go Intel.
 
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Intel has deep pockets.. They can buy up companies.. they just cant afford to pay their employees or contract workers a good wage... Lot of the management staff are not very technical and have the worst communication this world has ever seen.

Just because another guy from XYZ company is coming to Intel does not mean anything. Do you remember when they hired will.i.am? That was just a publicity stunt that costed how much? https://newsroom.intel.com/news-rel...ill-i-am-black-eyed-peas-front-man/#gs.8bu636
 
Man, I hope whatever Government Agency is responsible is keeping a really, really close eye on this. Unless AMD provides pay for access to their tech, I would keep a really close eye on Intel to make damn sure they do not "borrow" any AMD tech at all in the Intel GPU lineup. You may think that I am being paranoid but, this is Intel we are talking about and I would not put it past them.
 
$1,000+ GPUs are going to become the norm. Intel and Nvidia will have no mercy on our wallets. The PS5 is looking very good to me right now.
 
ManofGod said:
Man, I hope whatever Government Agency is responsible is keeping a really, really close eye on this. Unless AMD provides pay for access to their tech, I would keep a really close eye on Intel to make damn sure they do not "borrow" any AMD tech at all in the Intel GPU lineup. You may think that I am being paranoid but, this is Intel we are talking about and I would not put it past them.
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Most likely they are more interested in the process of managing and developing GPU strategies than the actual tech.

Not much to be gained for Intel from stealing AMD tech.
 
Auer said:
Not much to be gained for Intel from stealing AMD tech.
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I would not be so sure about that. Just saying, this is Intel we are talking about and they will often do whatever it takes to win, whether we want it or not. :D One thing is sure, they are running a tight ship on this, it seems.
 
ThatITGuy said:
I have two thoughts on this...
1) Seems Intel is going all in on graphics
2) All of these "poaches" have been AMD people (other than a Marketing guy)...... why aren't they going after guys from the company that has actually been winning the GPU war?

Don't get me wrong, AMD makes some great cards, but if you look at benchmarks, Nvidia is on top. If you look at reported market share, Nvidia has around 80%. I really wish AMD would step it up, because I need to get a new GPU to support a new 1440p/144hz monitor i got for a steal last week, but it looks like I will be saving for a RTX 2060, because there is nothing from AMD at that price point/performance.
If Intel can deliver that Nvidia level of price/performance in the next year... maybe I go Intel.
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Intel won't top nvidia any time soon, they don't have the IP.
They take from AMD because AMD occupies the market share they need to get a foothold and AMD also competes with 99% of the gpu market currently.
They'll be competing in mass market, not for the fraction of a percent 1500usd card market which no one has bar a few people.
 
ManofGod said:
I would not be so sure about that. Just saying, this is Intel we are talking about and they will often do whatever it takes to win, whether we want it or not. :D One thing is sure, they are running a tight ship on this, it seems.
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Well if you started a car company with the goal of competing with Mercedes you might want that brilliant Hyundai Project manager but not really their tech...
 
N4CR said:
Intel won't top nvidia any time soon, they don't have the IP.
They take from AMD because AMD occupies the market share they need to get a foothold and AMD also competes with 99% of the gpu market currently.
They'll be competing in mass market, not for the fraction of a percent 1500usd card market which no one has bar a few people.
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Agree.

That, and nVidia probably pays better than AMD so harder to poach from.

Also, ~if~ there were ever a claim about patent infringement, it’s easier to say with a straight face that you clean roomed something if you didn’t hire the engineer that developed it for the plaintiff in the first place.
 
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ManofGod said:
Man, I hope whatever Government Agency is responsible is keeping a really, really close eye on this. Unless AMD provides pay for access to their tech, I would keep a really close eye on Intel to make damn sure they do not "borrow" any AMD tech at all in the Intel GPU lineup. You may think that I am being paranoid but, this is Intel we are talking about and I would not put it past them.
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I assure you that Intel is not interested in the tech AMD has to offer. Unless you mean the extremely high TDP, lackluster speed or shitty hyped up launches...
 
odditory said:
Devon helped define products with strategy teams, aided in product development with engineering teams, helped to actually launch products with marketing and PR teams, and worked to increase revenue and demand generation with sales teams
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Yeah how did that go again? Honestly I believe in the people working for AMD but that goes away as soon as the word marketing is mentioned.

Btw Intel has the money for lots and lots of promotions events and other stuff that AMD never did. That means unlike at AMD their hands are not tied to any kind of budget (more then likely since there going to go for the gpu market).
 
Auer said:
Well if you started a car company with the goal of competing with Mercedes you might want that brilliant Hyundai Project manager but not really their tech...
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Uh oh, obligatory car reference sighted. :D I would not ignore Intel and keep a really close eye on them because, after all, they have poached AMD tech folks as well who know the ins and outs of AMD tech. We will see though, we will see.
 
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auntjemima said:
I assure you that Intel is not interested in the tech AMD has to offer. Unless you mean the extremely high TDP, lackluster speed or shitty hyped up launches...
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You assure me how? You take the end results of some of the items, dig up their past hyping, which was done from people who are no longer there but at Intel, and you claim they have nothing Intel would want? Do tell........ :D Also, their cards are not extremely high TDP, they are quite fast and their hyped launches are from people who went to Intel.

So, are we going to get hyped Intel launches or is Intel going to listen to what Kyle tells them straight up?
 
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You assure me how? You take the end results of some of the items, dig up their past hyping, which was done from people who are no longer there but at Intel, and you claim they have nothing Intel would want? Do tell........ :D Also, their cards are not extremely high TDP, they are quite fast and their hyped launches are from people who went to Intel.

So, are we going to get hyped Intel launches are is Intel going to listen to what Kyle tells them straight up?
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If Intel hypes up the launch and then it falls on its face, like AMD GPUs always do, then we can talk.
 
ManofGod said:
Uh oh, obligatory car reference sighted. :D I would not ignore Intel and keep a really close eye on them because, after all, they have poached AMD tech folks as well who know the ins and outs of AMD tech. We will see though, we will see.
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Guilty as charged, mentally lazy day.
 
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like AMD GPUs always do
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Ah, nope. :D Anyways, Intel is still Intel, we will see what happens. Maybe Kyle will get them straightened out because, to be honest, he is the only one there I can see that would not be bought out.

ElTamales from Reddit said: I wouldn't be surprised if intel pulled this shit and dragged the whole thing for years to suck AMD dry with lawyering BS.

*This was in reference to my original post which is a part I had not considered. We will see though but, Intel already did everything they could to drive AMD into dust before, I am keeping my eyes open on this one.
 
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ThatITGuy said:
I have two thoughts on this...
1) Seems Intel is going all in on graphics
2) All of these "poaches" have been AMD people (other than a Marketing guy)...... why aren't they going after guys from the company that has actually been winning the GPU war?

Don't get me wrong, AMD makes some great cards, but if you look at benchmarks, Nvidia is on top. If you look at reported market share, Nvidia has around 80%. I really wish AMD would step it up, because I need to get a new GPU to support a new 1440p/144hz monitor i got for a steal last week, but it looks like I will be saving for a RTX 2060, because there is nothing from AMD at that price point/performance.
If Intel can deliver that Nvidia level of price/performance in the next year... maybe I go Intel.
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Vega 64 competes with the 2060 last I checked. Though price wise it’s harder to find as good of deals.
 
Nolan7689 said:
Vega 64 competes with the 2060 last I checked. Though price wise it’s harder to find as good of deals.
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Oh, good, their high end competes with Nvidia's mid to low tier next gen at a much higher power draw. That isn't much of an accomplishment.

Edit: to qualify my response... I currently have 6 AMD GPUs and only 1 Nvidia.
 
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AMD already has great mid-range cards, no one seems to care...
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No one buys them because of their history of releasing cards that are slower and require more power. So why go with the gamble when Nvidia is ALMOST a sure thing?

Intel has the luxury of being a new brand as most new PC users weren't around for their i740 card or even heard of the Larrabee.
 
auntjemima said:
Oh, good, their high end competes with Nvidia's mid to low tier next gen at a much higher power draw. That isn't much of an accomplishment.

Edit: to qualify my response... I currently have 6 AMD GPUs and only 1 Nvidia.
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The 2080 is not a mid to lower tier card. ;) :D LOL! Upper mid to High end card is more like it.
 
auntjemima said:
He said 2060, not 2080. Don't rush to respond.
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Oh, and I did not rush to respond, my eyes are just a bit tired and saw an 8 instead of a 6. That said, the Vega 64 is closer to a 2070, anyways. The Vega 56 is more like a 2060 except those like mine, that have the 56 flashed with a 64 bios.
 
Considering that Intel has flopped at everything else aside from its CPU business, I guess the headline a few years from now might be:

"Intel exiting discrete GPU business"
 
What kind of card would come out if intel upscaled and upwiden the shit out of they already got?
I think this is what we are going to get first gen.
 
auntjemima said:
Oh, good, their high end competes with Nvidia's mid to low tier next gen at a much higher power draw. That isn't much of an accomplishment.

Edit: to qualify my response... I currently have 6 AMD GPUs and only 1 Nvidia.
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Fantastic. I don’t see why you’re telling me this shit that I don’t care about. I was responding to the guy acting as though the 2060 was their only option for 1440/144Hz monitor. Which is outright not true. Maybe stay out of a conversation if you don’t understand what it’s about.
 
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Considering that Intel has flopped at everything else aside from its CPU business, I guess the headline a few years from now might be:

"Intel exiting discrete GPU business"
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This is hardly the case. Intel has done well in storage and networking hardware. Its true their original foray into discreet graphics was disastrous and their second attempt was aborted with Larrabee. However, I think Intel succeeds far more than it fails.
 
Dan_D said:
This is hardly the case. Intel has done well in storage and networking hardware. Its true their original foray into discreet graphics was disastrous and their second attempt was aborted with Larrabee. However, I think Intel succeeds far more than it fails.
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Intel's market share in SSD is like 3%
 
_mockingbird said:
Intel's market share in SSD is like 3%
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Intel has had many popular models over the years that have sold well. Intel's problem is that they don't release new models as often as its competition. Intel could succeed in that market, but for some reason they don't try very hard.
 
Dan_D said:
Intel has had many popular models over the years that have sold well. Intel's problem is that they don't release new models as often as its competition. Intel could succeed in that market, but for some reason they don't try very hard.
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Intel was a pioneer in SSDs and should be where Samsung is today, but it isn't.

Now, Intel is trying to enter an established market.
 
So another marketing department hire.

I imagine intel must really want to push their way into the position of having the ps6 chip contract in 7-9 years.
 
Dan_D said:
Intel has had many popular models over the years that have sold well. Intel's problem is that they don't lower prices as often as its competition. Intel could succeed in that market, but for some reason they don't try very hard.
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FTFY
 
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