Compared to both Intel on the CPU side and Nvidia on the graphics side, AMD has always been lacking in the software department. Hopefully they can fix that now that they're making some money.
And then there's also "Intel is Removing End of Life Drivers and BIOS Downloads"[0]. Great, if I didn't save them, I need to go to a 3rd party site, run the risk of getting malware, have to compare hashes, etc, etc, etc... This is, in my opinion, an absolute no-go as a vendor, and instantly makes me want to drop them. Which I did, all the PCs my clients get from me are AMD systems now.
AMD is a serious vendor, you can even get the old ATI RAGE drivers off their website.
[0]: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intel-is-remo...
EDIT: The linked tweet[1] in the article mirrors my sentiments on this topic almost perfectly:
> "DEAR COMPANIES THAT MAKE HARDWARE: YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOST YOUR DRIVERS UNTIL THE SUN EXPLODES OR YOU GO OUT OF BUSINESS, NOT UNTIL YOU GET TIRED OF HOSTING 20 MEGABYTES"
That said, AMD (and Intel) have reinvented themselves several times with pretty big cultural shifts so I'm hopeful they get someone like Jim Keller with the authority to shake things up.
Who do you think designed the Zen architecture? He as since left AMD, went to Tesla, and is now at Intel.
If there will be a JK for software, I'd say if he lands in a typical dotcom, half of the dev team with careers typical to Facebook/Amazon/Google will be relieved of their duties in a week.
I's say it is even less likely if Jim will be on the board