Intel-s announcement at this time that their 7 nm node is going through difficulties is being taken one in every of two methods: as an unmitigated catastrophe by some, and with a tentative carefulness (lest we see one other 10 nm repeat) from others. However one seems to be at this setback, which implies AMD will nonetheless get pleasure from a course of lead over Intel for some further time, that is excellent news for AMD in additional methods than simply that one.
Case in level: inventory value. While AMD has a a lot decrease market cap than Intel (calculated by multiplying the worth of a single inventory by the variety of complete issued shares), at this time, for the primary time since 2006, AMD’s shares have been extra beneficial than Intel’s on a per-share foundation. AMD’s $70 billion market cap nonetheless pales compared to Intel’s $255 billion. At time of writing, AMD’s inventory pricing is $18 greater than Intel, at $68,67 in comparison with Intel’s $50,79. A primary in a few years for the inexperienced firm.
