AMD Achieves Leading Market Share for Thin Clients

[btarunr]

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that the company achieved a number one market share position for thin clients based on its thin-client shipments. According to its unit sales to thin client customers last year, AMD has more than half of that market, with 53 percent market share.

Thin clients, with little or no local storage, often serve as intelligent front-ends for server or cloud-based applications. Thin clients using AMD Embedded G-Series have a strong value proposition for immersive graphics in single- or multi-display configurations in the enterprise. Recent design wins with HP, Fujitsu, and Samsung validate that AMD APUs provide compelling value with horsepower for data movement, encryption/decryption of central server data, and even video encode/decode for video conferencing or multimedia streaming.

"The AMD Embedded G-Series SoC couples high performance compute and graphics capability in a highly integrated low power design," said Scott Aylor, corporate vice president and general manager, AMD Enterprise Solutions. "These processors provide compelling performance per dollar per watt, strong security, sophisticated power management, and superior graphics performance. The product lineup includes an unparalleled range of pin- and software-compatible offerings, helping to address multiple needs of our customers."

AMD G-Series SOC Ideal for Thin Client Applications
AMD thin client solutions continue to gain market adoption because of the move to cloud-based computing. Increasingly, thin clients are also being used for more complex and high performance tasks. This is especially true for devices incorporating x86 CPUs and sophisticated graphics. The surge of innovation in the desktop virtualization market has created new opportunities for powerful thin clients that are now capable of executing demanding tasks including computer-aided design and 3D modeling. Customers are also using AMD thin client solutions in financial and government services, call centers, kiosks, and hospitals, "smart" monitors and other multi-user, virtualized installations.

The AMD G-Series SoC also features enhanced security for enterprise IT operations, enabling security between the thin client and the server, and allowing only software approved by an enterprise's IT organization to run on the thin client device. It also supports enhanced power management technology to help manage energy costs and environmental impact across large deployments.

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[dorsetknob]

Guess they got to gloat any sales lead they can achieve

""Nuff Said""

 

[Fx]

Guess they got to gloat any sales lead they can achieve

""Nuff Said""

I am not sure why you are proud to hate. I'll never understand advocates of monopolies.

Good for AMD.

 

[dorsetknob]

I am not sure why you are proud to hate. I'll never understand advocates of monopolies.

Good for AMD.

i don't hate AMD i do not have a working Nvidia graphics card in any of my working desktops i am all AMD(Ati)
In Fact i have NEVER BOUGHT ANY NEW NVIDIA CARD ONLY NEW Ati and AMD

Its just a comment on the SAD STATE OF AMD's Sales and Development/ business strategy

 

[Musaab]

I did't think that Thin Client terminals still alive (you cant call them PCs). When I visit the web sites of companies used to make thin clients I find 3+ years of units. I think NUCs, laptops, AIOs and Android/Chrome devices will kill this market sooner.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Whats wrong with fat clients? Got something you wanna say there amd? You fat shaming whorebag

 

[dorsetknob]

I was told Fat ones are easier to pull as they were more grateful Oh we are not talking about ...............

 

[Assimilator]

Thin clients? 2000 called, they want their tech back.

 

[buggalugs]

Whats wrong with fat clients? Got something you wanna say there amd? You fat shaming whorebag

Haha. That must be why AMD sales have been low,...they been ignoring the fat clients.

 

[KomanderKain]

Thin clients? 2000 called, they want their tech back.

Wrong, first of all thin clients (or zero clients) have been around since the early days of computing, not just since 2000. Back when computers in general were very large, expensive and difficult to maintain, they allowed multiple users to share a single device to minimize costs. As tech advanced, "fat" devices started getting cheaper, allowing for IT departments to give everyone a laptop/desktop/etc. Within the past 5-10 years however the complexity of maintaining a secure IT infrastructure has led corporate IT departments to move back to the server/thin client model for many of the same reasons it was used way back in the day. Its easier to maintain a large number of virtual machines hosted on single powerful server than it is to rely on users making sure to leave their laptops or desktop turned on for security updates and things like that. Its cheaper to buy a thin client and spin up a new VM for each new employee. Its easier to patch a VM image than it is to patch hundreds of individual PCs. If a device is lost, there is no locally stored sensitive data to worry about losing. The biggest downside to a thin clients is their dependence on a network/internet connection, but aside from that there are lots of reasons they are a smart choice in a corporate environment.

 

[Fx]

Wrong, first of all thin clients (or zero clients) have been around since the early days of computing, not just since 2000. Back when computers in general were very large, expensive and difficult to maintain, they allowed multiple users to share a single device to minimize costs. As tech advanced, "fat" devices started getting cheaper, allowing for IT departments to give everyone a laptop/desktop/etc. Within the past 5-10 years however the complexity of maintaining a secure IT infrastructure has led corporate IT departments to move back to the server/thin client model for many of the same reasons it was used way back in the day. Its easier to maintain a large number of virtual machines hosted on single powerful server than it is to rely on users making sure to leave their laptops or desktop turned on for security updates and things like that. Its cheaper to buy a thin client and spin up a new VM for each new employee. Its easier to patch a VM image than it is to patch hundreds of individual PCs. If a device is lost, there is no locally stored sensitive data to worry about losing. The biggest downside to a thin clients is their dependence on a network/internet connection, but aside from that there are lots of reasons they are a smart choice in a corporate environment.

Agreed. An informative post for those that don't know.

 

[Musaab]

Agreed. An informative post for those that don't know.

Thin client is a zero client with operating system and sometimes with softwares too. And all need server or mainframe because they are just 2000s terminals. With the new fast internet the days of thin and zero clients is numbed except for closed organizations like banks where employees can't take work with them home.

 

[Fx]

With the new fast internet the days of thin and zero clients is numbed except for closed organizations like banks where employees can't take work with them home.

Simply incorrect. Thin clients are alive and well; the market and technologies are still growing and being refined. They provide solutions for companies depending on how an organization wants to structure, deploy, and maintain access to its services and resources.

 

[Musaab]

Simply incorrect. Thin clients are alive and well. They provide solutions for companies depending on how an organization wants to maintain, deploy and structure access to its services and resources.

Any NUC can work as a thin client, also AIOs are practically thin clients and you can use any laptop or table to access your work outside the company. You can get NUC as low as 200$, AIO for 500$, laptop for 500$ or less and table for less than 300$ so any of these can work as a thin client. If you get the right software.