My thoughts exactly: he figured out in 2025 what the rest of us knew in 2022.

One of my work computers died and I hadn't checked the CPU market in years. Rode home that night in a taxi with a Ryzen 1700x completely stoked that AMD was back in the game.

If anyone thinks competition isn't good for the market or that also-rans don't have enough of an effect, just take note. Intel is a cautionary tale. I do agree we would have gotten where we are faster with more viable competitors.

M4 is neat. I won't be shocked if x86 finally gives up the ghost as Intel decides playing in Risc V or ARM space is their only hope to get back into an up-cycle. AMD has wanted to do heterogeneous stuff for years. Risc V might be the way.

One thing I'm finding is that compilers are actually leaving a ton on the table for AMD chips, so I think this is an area where AMD and all of the users, from SMEs on down, can benefit tremendously from cooperatively financing the necessary software to make it happen.

You figured out in 2022 that AMD would finally catch up to intel single core performance in 2025?