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To: Petz who wrote (43441)	6/8/2001 7:54:43 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (4) of 275872

<In my opinion, if AMD had launched 1 GHz product in December instead of 1.2 GHz product in June, no Tier 1 OEM would have adopted it until at least March.> Why should AMD have launched 1 GHZ product in Decemeber when Thunderbird was already released at 1.2GHz two months before that? <Yes, a Tier 1 OEM win at introduction is never assumable in a new product area for AMD. I think AMD needs about 25% market share before that expectation will change.> This is pretty ridiculous and not based on any facts. Going all the way back to 386s AMD has been able to secure at least one Tier-1 OEM for a major microprocessor product launch. And at no point in time in recent memory AMD had a 25% market share. <As an engineer working with program managers on complex projects, I think I know as much about the latter two as you. Marketing has nothing to do with delay.> I have managed many programs in my life and with that experience I can tell you that Marketing is usually the prime culprit in projects getting delayed. <It appears you believe that the MP program was delayed because of program management issues. > When a program slips it is because of combination of Marketing/engineering/program management. In AMD's case, I can see that the marketing team is weak and that to me explains a lot. <Do you have any evidence that AMD's engineers were jerked around by their managers, or given insufficient resources or that the project was improperly planned?> Cancellation of the original MP chipset with SDR and cancellation of Mustang are some very good examples.

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