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The Fascinating Story of AMD, the Chip Company That Refused to Die and Finally Beat Intel

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AMD spent decades fighting for survival against Intel, enduring financial crises, failed products, and moments when the company seemed destined to disappear. But through bold engineering, strategic leadership, and the revolutionary Ryzen architecture, AMD pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in technology history.

This is the fascinating story of how AMD went from an underdog chipmaker to a serious industry leader—and finally challenged Intel at the top.

20 Comments

@armchairtin-kicker503 2 months ago

I purchased AMD stock in 2000, stock which I still hold.

@raddog1478 2 months ago

my first chip was 8350 970 msi board changed my life forever i never gave up on amd even when people laughed i had a amd rig

@DDenningjr 2 months ago

K6, K7 Athlon, those where some great days to remember and I still have the chips.

@Raymond-n7k 2 months ago

If Fairchild merged with Honeywell, it would be
Fairwell Honeychild. 😅

@sky44david 2 months ago

Thanks so much for making this historical overview that is "to the point" and clear. I have been coding XILINX FPGA's since 1994. AMD saved it's specialty chip the "Field Programmable Gate Array" by eliminating "our of date" chip designs and moved the FPGA forward.

@jdchristensen4217 2 months ago (edited)

I think what garnered so much attention is that AMD’s chips were so noticeably less expensive and worked just as well as Intel.

@donrice2630 2 months ago

My 1st computer build was a AMD K6-2 on a used Tyan motherboard. I have built dozens of system since, but you always remember your first!

@Kliq-n2s 2 months ago

So glad we have AMD...just imagine what Intel would do alone

@Billionairestory777 2 months ago

Competition didn't just save AMD—it pushed the entire chip industry forward.

@alisonnewman-de2rf 2 months ago

AMD’s comeback is honestly one of the greatest turnarounds in tech history. They didn’t quit when things got tough, and now they’re shaping the future of computing. 🔥

@robertlee4172 2 months ago

Wow! Fascinating historical details.

I stayed at my uncle's Sunnyvale home, in '69. I was 8 at the time.
It was a boom town back then, transitioning from 50k to 90k in a few years.

Good memories.

@michaelm.7703 1 month ago

In late 1991, I purchased my first AMD-based computer while in university. It was an Am386DX. I soon installed a Cyrix math coprocessor (FPU Floating Point Unit) to speed up AutoCAD.
Have had and used MANY computers since then, most with AMD chipsets.

@TechOriginsss 2 months ago

A true icon of the modern computer industry, I admire her.

@coffeeandrelaxing 2 months ago

This woman has probably overseen the greatest recovery of a company in history.

@sandipanmodak5394 2 months ago

I am still using AMD Athlon 2X2260 processor in my desktop system. The processor was the GOAT of its era.

@cletejackson5267 2 months ago

Just built a AMD 9950x3d system! Excellent!

@brock4339 2 months ago

By the time it was 2019 I couldnt ignore the gap anymore and switched from intel to amd.

@justb_za5215 1 month ago

For me, the first AMD K5 chips were the best chips any company ever made. It gave users Pentium (80586) speeds on older (80)486 motherboards. This made the upgrade from an Intel 486 to a K5 so cheap, it wasn't something you didn't spend a split second of thought on, you just did it.
Then AMD made the Athlon, it was a spectacular time to be a PC gamer.

@godvonheaven2968 2 months ago

K5, K6, Athlon X2, now Ryzen 9, AMD has always been my favorite.

@JelaniWood 2 months ago (edited)

When it comes to the AMD bulldozer line, one man's trash is another man's treasure. By the mid-2010s those bulldozer CPUs were hidden gems. In 2014 I built myself a new PC with the FX 8350 and do you know that to this day my 15-year-old son is playing games on that computer still paired with a 1050 TI. This morning he was just playing college football 27 1080P 60fps on a failure of a chip from 2011