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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 259.65+2.3%Jan 23 9:30 AM EST

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To: Elmer who wrote (70133)2/2/2002 4:01:54 PM
From: dale_laroyRead Replies (1) of 275872
 
>Sure AMD was paying royalties but they didn't match the profits Intel would have made had they been selling those units themselves.<

What you are overlooking is that, without AMD second sourcing the x86, the 8088 would not have been used in the IBM PC. And, without the 8088 being used in the IBM PC, AMD's "freeloading" would not have been an issue at all.
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