Analyst Opinion - Intel had a surprisingly strong quarter. AMD went the other direction and is now taking a number of actions that probably should have come right after the ATI merger. The difficulty the company is facing is one of competing with a vastly larger and better funded competitor in a market largely defined by standards that its rival sets. In short, it has always been Intel’s game, its home field. And even in the beginning, AMD only got what Intel gave them.

Analysts opinions are always, as usual, worth nothing. In fact I would say they usually cost you money so they are very expensive.