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The problem is that an Intel CPU might one day explode in my face if I were to criticize Israel too harshly. Not only does Intel have big operations in Israel, when I lived in California everybody that I knew who worked at Intel was Jewish. Of course that doesn't matter to me (being Jewish that is, those people were my friends (being tied to Israel does matter to me)), but maybe it does to you.

Also, while AMD has lagged behind Intel for most of history, several times it has come neck-and-neck or even beat Intel. Right now AMD products are almost neck-and-neck.

This isn't to say I trust AMD. I think they have NSA backdoors just like everything else. For example, when the Zen3 came out, the RDRAND instruction was giving all 1 bits and they had to issue a microcode fix. That should be impossible, RDRAND should be pulling random noise from a diode loop. So it led me to believe there is a backdoor to 'disable' the true randomness whenever government targets you.

We have to live with difficult decisions like this. Maybe one day the Chinese will catch up and offer a PC CPU. Then someone could build a PC with two processors, an American and a Chinese, and have the processors audit each other.

Dissident Sound 11mo ago

interesting - i didn't know a lot of Jews worked at Intel's California offices.

keep in mind Windows is now migrating to Qualcomm Snapdragon X ARM Architecture CPUs

unfortunately i already got both a new desktop and laptop before Spandragon X machines came out

as for AMD they have beat Intel handily on several occasions but even when they were beating Intel companies like Dell were reluctant to use them because performance isn't everything - driver support can be more important - but even more importantly companies like Dell simply don't want to sour their relationship with Intel over an accidentally excellent AMD cpu that occasionally does come out

the other issue AMD had on my watch is they announced a CPU ( Threadripper ) and many brands released motherboards for it but then AMD never released the CPU to consumer market - only to OEM. all those motherboards became useless. it is unbelievable to me that a company can screw their partners like this. then they recently had an issue with CPUs failing because they were pushed too hard ( stock ). and probably the most sketch thing they did was they officially approved several coolers for the Threadripper that didn't even cover the die area, but AMD said that against all odds they somehow worked so they got approved. this kind of asshole behavior from AMD reminds me of Tesla where Elon bragged about using non automotive grade screens ( because they are cheaper ) to get that marketing buzz about having 17" screen in a car, before those screens started failing.

sadly a large majority of people will always buy whatever offers the most performance per dollar. personally i would rather buy from a company that does things right even if it costs more and isn't the fastest.

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