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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kash johal who wrote (74762)	10/9/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572946

RE:"AMD has known that the taiwan MB/Chipset guys are flakes. It has taken them forever to get the socket super 7 MBs up to quality - almost 2 years by my reckoning. These idiots can spend $1.9Bn on a fab that will be sitting idle and yet they can't spend $50Mn on a million MBs to get this product out right. They have to step on the taiwan MB suppliers toes they have no choice. Now they are in the ridicolous position of relying on VIA for its next generation chip sets - and pretty soon VIA will be a major competitor in the low end. The design guys have done an awesome job, but this management just plain sucks."... Well, I have to agree...now after the fact. Last year we plastered it all over the BBs that AMD shouldn't rely on Taiwan for a chipset. AMD saw it too and made a chipset...even made a prototype mobo. Unfortunately this wasn't enough. Doesn't pay to rely on anyone else for the Chip, chipset, mobo launch. AMD is guilty of not controlling these things enough even though it seems they were. Live and learn I guess.. Jim