Filed under: Launches, Industry, Competitive strategy, Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Technology

It may be too late, but AMD (NYSE: AMD) is coming out with a product that just might do well. The company will put two of its most powerful chips on one graphics card.

According to The Wall Street Journal, “The company, which has fallen behind Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) lately in high-end personal-computer graphics, says a series of benchmark tests suggest the new ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 card is the clear speed leader.” Of course Nvidia is very likely to come to market with a similar product very soon.

AMD has not had much product success. Its new flagship, the Barcelona chip, was late to market and underpowered. It was set to go up against offerings from larger rival Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). There is no evidence so far that it has picked up any market share from the new product.

Nvidia is also no pushover as a competitor. Its success have moved its market cap to $14 billion, and it trades at 3.7x sales. AMD’s market cap is $4.1 billion and it trades at .7x sales. Nvidia’s graphics chips are currently considered state-of-the-art.

A nice press release from AMD. A new product. Hope of better sales and revenue.

Maybe.

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.

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