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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (139238)	7/15/2001 3:17:28 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Mary - re: "What is AMD culture with respect to how technical people are treated. Do they get the resources they need? Is decision making very political with Jerry Sanders micromanaging and interfering?" I have heard everything from Mad Man Sanders being a complete autocrat to him being a helpful manager - and everything in between. I do know that Sanders will fire anyone and everyone who gets near him in a position to succeed him - witness Atiq Raza, Dick Previte, John East - Hector will be the next to go - within 6 to 9 months. In Dirk's case, it appears that he was hired to do an original x86 design at around the same time that AMD BOUGHT NexGen as a life-saver for their failed K5 venture. The NexGEN folks generated the K6 & K6-2 while Dirk was allowed to work independently with a new group on the K7 - AthWiper. The AthWiper was a success - but now AMD and Dirk have not been able to follow up this success with a second winner. Maybe he shot his wad on the K7 - I don't know - but one winner will not keep AMD afloat for very much longer. Paul