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Comments on: AMD, Dirk Meyer, and the eternal corporate battle

Concerns over AMD's succession plans come at a difficult time for the company, and revive that old tug-of-war between marketing and engineering.

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Who put the "D" in it anyway?
by dascha1 January 3, 2008 10:24 AM PST
Um, for some reason every time I see AMD I get confused looking
at the D (device?), which is not the computer. Isn't N really the
computer?

Thanks!
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AMD = Advanced Micro Devices
by Astinsan January 3, 2008 12:14 PM PST
Its not a company that did CPU's only. They did EPROMS in the beginning. I remember a few RISC CPU's made by them. It wasn't until the second computer boom (1991+) that they started going after intel's x86 devices.
New chip fabs
by R.Jefferson January 3, 2008 10:52 AM PST
With going "asset light," outsourceing more chip production to 3rd parties, scaling back upgrades in Dresden, and with this guy stepping up to the plate it doesnt look like AMD is going to build a new Fab in Saratoga NY with all the free billions in govt cheese anytime soon. Bummer.
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