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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Goutam who wrote (73648)10/1/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1574000
 
Goutama

RE <<<I agree with the timing of the launch part, but I don't think what AMD did was a screw up. The only option that AMD had was to announce shipment of Athlon in the end of June to convince the motherboard makers to commit to Athlon.>>>

I agree completely. I am not in the chip business so I hesitate to comment when it comes to these kind of subjective issues but this past year, I have watched as intc with all its money and resources screw up a couple of important launches.

From that I have learned that moving a chip product from design to production to the market is major and provides many opportunities for screwing up. Under the handicap that AMD operates under, I think they have done reasonably well with the Athlon and seem not to have lost their focus at all.....a coup considering all the criticism they get. I only get concerned when chipzilla swings its big tail and manages to wipe out a few oem opportunities or cuts off a couple of mobo makers. Unfortunately that is life in the big city.

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