AMD Pokes at Intel With Valentine's Day Gifts
That Sandy B. is a heartbreaker.
Tech companies often send swag to journalists as part of their promotional efforts. Apparently AMD has been sending out some special items for Valentine's Day that poke at Intel's troubles with Sandy Bridge.
We didn't receive any of these items from AMD, but Cnet did and thankfully they blogged about them.
AMD sent an "I (heart) APU" ceramic mug that read:
Dear Dan,
I heard that Sandy B. broke your heart and wanted to let you know that I'm here for you. Oh, and I have a cousin from Llano, Texas I'd like to introduce you to soon--I think you two will really hit it off!
XOXO,
AMD Fusion APU
AMD also sent a box of chocolates. They weren't exactly shaped like processors, which would have been cool, but it's still nice to get gifts for Valentine's Day.
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Lol... gotta love AMD...
Wheres the Bulldozer?
AWESOME!!!
AMD -> They better work on their crappy products, cause their 6 core is slower than Intel 4 core. I think Intel is having laugh at them.
gotta love the PR who did that
now that is amazing marketing without attacking someone.
niiiice.
That's pretty cool. Really though I think journalists would rather have gotten a Bulldozer sample
I want one of those coffee cups !!
lol
i think i find it funny, cause intel is still laughing all the way to the bank
AMD can send as many gag gifts as they want, but if they don't get their act together, their gonna lose their desktop consumers.
Chocolate CPU's mmmmm
Good taste AMD, good taste. Guess AMD had no other valentines? boo-ya
Nice! But I would like to see their Bulldozer CPUs to have some real power compared to Intel CPUs.
Intel is laughing all the way to the bank? LOL
They just paid AMD 1.5billion and now they just made a boo boo with Sandy Bridge that's gonna cost at least another 1billion.
Now AMD is selling 50% more product due to Intel's screwup.
So who's laughing all the way to the bank?
Now that's just cute.
Intel is laughing all the way to the bank? LOLThey just paid AMD 1.5billion and now they just made a boo boo with Sandy Bridge that's gonna cost at least another 1billion.Now AMD is selling 50% more product due to Intel's screwup.So who's laughing all the way to the bank?
I think if you look at stock prices you will see Intel is still laughing all the way to the bank.
Intel is laughing all the way to the bank? LOLThey just paid AMD 1.5billion and now they just made a boo boo with Sandy Bridge that's gonna cost at least another 1billion.Now AMD is selling 50% more product due to Intel's screwup.So who's laughing all the way to the bank?
...and um where are you getting this 50%? How about some links? exactly... $1.5B is pocket change to intel it's big money to AMD though. That $1.5B is probably keeping AMD afloat..lmao.
AMD -> They better work on their crappy products, cause their 6 core is slower than Intel 4 core. I think Intel is having laugh at them.
Prediction 1: the AMD in question is a slightly slower per-core clock speed than the Intel, and the test was single-threaded.
Prediction 2: the AMD was a heck of a lot cheaper than the Intel
Prediction 3: Intel will continue to NOT sell GOOD processors for CHEAP, and I will continue to buy AMD as a result
I agree, they should celebrate the release of Bulldozer by sending Intel a Bulldozer.
AMD is now officially cooler than Intel!
LOL
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I mean they has always been cooler than Intel
Haha I love the good humor AMD has, and its sad as hell to see Intel fanboys get all pissy on here over it. Lighten up guys. Its just a simple joke in good taste, and seeing you all angrily rant about how much AMD sucks and Intel rocks just makes you look rabid and retarded.
I realize it says 2.2ghz on the chocolate lol...
Yes, that's absolutely awesome!
ahahahahaaa sweeeeeet!
Everyone who've bought a Sandy Bridge should receive this letter. =P
Nice PR,
It means currently I like AMD and Intel both the same... but... if I ever won the Mega-Millions I am pretty sure when I get a machine built it would have the best intel processor in it. 
I've always managed to put whatever type of processor I could afford during that time.
Chocolate CPU's mmmmm
You might even say they're chocolate chips.
Terribad, I know.
Sweet(s)!
Gotta like how AMD cares for it's customers. =)
Where's my box of chocolates from Intel? Oh wait...
I agree, they should celebrate the release of Bulldozer by sending Intel a Bulldozer.
Lolz... oh man, that'd be fantastic.
They can keep their cute jokes. I'll keep my Sandy Bridge and my "defective" Sabertooth motherboard that absolutely destroys any AMD processor out there. 4.8 ghz with auto voltage settings FTFW!!!
I love the idea. It would be very cool if I received one set from AMD, too. But again, I am not a journalist. Sigh...
That was funny. But it will bite them in the end when Intel sweeps the floor with them again in the future.