Darren, Re:
"What I did notice is that....
"The Portland fab went from producing no Cyrix chips in August, to making 80%
of all Cyrix chips in the middle of the third quarter. And between 2,000 and 3,000
in the early going to 8,000 wafer starts most recently, say McCleod."
I haven't looked to find where you got that quote, it's not in the news on the Padmanabhan switch to Networking. What I noticed from that release is the following- which certainly deserves appearing here so folks can readily see just what CEO Halla had to say about the man and his work as opposed to speculation by thread members.
national.com
"Padmanabhan has earned the highest level of credibility with me and the entire
executive staff of National Semiconductor by his unparalleled execution as head of process technology development over the last three years," said Brian L. Halla,
president and CEO of National. "His team has leapfrogged National over three
generations of process technology and brought our state-of-the-art 0.18-micron fab
on line in South Portland, Maine," Halla added.
Obviously Halla's estimation of "Pad's" past performance with the Portland Fab is VERY high in this statement. Do we assume Halla paints a VERY pretty face on an ugly situation? Or do we assume the man's job is done and done well as indicated? I see no evidence that this switch is anything more than a new challenge for Padmanabhan after completing his assignment. He's still with NSM- ready to consult if needed, surely. Why wouldn't talent left at Portland be prepared to oversee on-line operations- particularly if Padmanabhan set it all up as well as suggested here by Halla? |
