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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tony Viola who wrote (57166)5/4/1999 12:36:00 PM
From: A. A. LaFountain III  Read Replies (3) of 1572384
 
Re: "Murphy's law getting enforced again"

I believe the description of the fab was "eating like an elephant, but defecating like a canary."

Hold it, that's not Jerry Sanders, that's Gordon Moore. And he wasn't describing AMD's Fab 25, he was talking about Chandler when it was ramping up.

Having seen that happen to Intel, I believe that what AMD has been going through is NOT company-specific. Instead, it appears to be something that any IC vendor has to go through in order to get to sufficient volume to have multiple fabs allow some diversification of risk. Copy Exact is nifty and everything, but to implement it, you need multiple fabs. How do you get to multiple fabs? You take your lumps, particularly when you're not the first guy. Kudos to Intel for all it has accomplished, but bravos to AMD for doggedly pursuing the opportunity created by Intel's extraordinary profits. This game ain't over. - Tad LaFountain

P.S. The first guy who responds with some "dog" crack gets smacked!
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