The market bottomed exactly a year ago. Exactly how early in isn't clear. It depends on how much people have been buying on expectations of future growth. And how early they will flee. In your latest article, you suggested Athlon would have a hard time surviving.
Analysts love athlon.
Its an expensive chip. Many people think at high prices people will only buy Intel chips. Intel spends enormous sums of money on marketing. And the Intel inside campaign has been very effective. AMD needs to step up their own marketing to be able to sell into the expensive computer market.