While last quarter's figures were pretty good, analysts are not that happy with what AMD is doing and suggest it should branch out and do something a bit different.

Analysts Rob Enderle, an analyst with the Enderle Group and Jim McGregor, an analyst with In-Statsaid that the results remove a significant cloud from AMD's future, making vendors more willing to depend on them for products and investors more willing to invest in the company. This should help the outfit come up with more cash to fund R&D.

However both told Computerworld that AMD needs to chart its own path and get out from underneath Intel's shadow. They say that the market is moving away from PCs this may provide AMD an opportunity, before that market is set or the ideal form factor identified, to create a market where it can thrive.