AMD's got a long future.
They do need to make some design changes, specifically in addressing this heat issue. Intel has a big edge with this right now. No, I don't mean that Intels run cooler, I mean that Intels can handle the heat: AMDs can't survive without a heatsink, making them a poor choice for critical applications.
AMD did land a contract with HP, and that will secure them for many, many years to come.
What's going to be interesting is that AMDs 64 bit solution will be backward compatible to 32 bits, where the Intels won't be. That means that lots of people will be prefering AMD, as they make a transition to 64 bit apps, which for some reason, always takes many, many years (been there, done that).
AMD will have a problem, sort of, if they can't keep up with Intel's processor speeds. AMD would fall behind, as a lower speed CPU manufacturer, but isn't it where it's at right now? They seem to be doing OK to me...
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