[@[email protected]’s recent post](https://lemmy.zip/post/22973459) gave me a couple of thoughts that I’d like to share;

Preface

Current Context (as of Sept 18, 2024): AMD’s Reprioritization of Data Center Clients Over Laptop OEMs

If AMD were to upgrade the consumer class to server class via their CPU feature-set expansion and partnerships, they’d have a higher likelihood of acquiring new developers to focus and develop AMD’s drivers (esp on the Linux side; pending native support for developers) which could create a positive-feedback-loop for both AMD and the Linux community:

• better Linux support on AMD = higher probability of adding new AMD Linux Devs
  • more AMD Linux devs providing improved Linux desktop experience = more Windows and macOS users jumping ship who would then also help improve AMD Linux desktop exp
    • (while writing, this made me think of SC2’s Protoss Katamri Deathball)

With AMD’s current decisions I see:

• AMD’s laptop market shrinking; leaving competitiors to fill in for AMD’s departure/vacancy.
• Desktop PC users gaining a higher competitive advantage as performance headroom increases due to AMD’s pairing of CPUs with server-grade features with enthusiast mobos

As a knock-on effect users would become more able to start new tech businesses powered by AMD components as self-hosting becomes more accessible via the AMD Linux relationship in addition to NVIDIA’s albeit small but increasingly competitive strategies to enter the FOSS competition

• FOSS startups are in an interesting position as the increase in competition from both AMD and NVIDIA in the Linux space is likely to simutaneously:
  • increase capital expenditures(startup costs) due to expanded mobo and CPU feature-sets (in context to the Linux ecosystem) but
  • also decrease long-term costs due to increasing feasibility for users to self-host their own services thereby reducing cloud-dependant subscription-costs

As a systems analyst the current environment in the tech space really tickles my brain in delightful ways🤔

Please note however:
As I have no certainties about what the path lies ahead in addition to potentially being misinformed; please take everything I’ve said with a grain of salt in that all of this is speculation and are my thoughts alone (sadly I also have no insider information to provide further supporting evidence)