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To: combjelly who wrote (74604)	3/15/2002 10:04:28 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Friday March 15, 8:00 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Yield Dynamics, Inc. AMD Purchases Yield Dynamics Software for Worldwide Yield Management SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2002--Yield Dynamics, Inc. announced today that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (``AMD''), (NYSE:AMD - news) has purchased its Genesis yield management software for deployment across all of AMD's integrated circuit fabrication sites worldwide. The multi-million dollar order encompasses 100 enterprise software licenses that have been installed and integrated at AMD's Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany, Fab 25 in Austin, Texas and the Sub-Micron Development Center in Sunnyvale, California. Charles Clark, Director of Global Manufacturing Systems for AMD, stated, ``AMD, as a leader in the engineering analysis arena for many years, is collaborating with Yield Dynamics in the use of their Genesis product. After an extensive search of commercial offerings, AMD's engineering community selected the Genesis tool to assist in increasing our manufacturing effectiveness. The power of the advanced technologies it is able to apply, coupled with the ability to integrate with AMD's SAPPHiRE engineering database, makes the product an effective system to support our worldwide user base.'' The Genesis system will add several important new methodologies to AMD's manufacturing processes. These include data mining algorithms to automatically identify causes of difficult classes of yield issues, spatial signature analysis software to detect spatial patterns on wafers and correlate these signatures to the process equipment and operating conditions that may have caused them, and the complete integration and cross-correlation of defect and process data. ``We are pleased to collaborate with AMD on yield management issues,'' stated Dr. Jonathan Buckheit, CEO and Chairman of Yield Dynamics. ``AMD has been a pioneer in this area, and the mutual effort of the two companies to stay at the leading edge of this technology has resulted in stronger Genesis product capabilities and increased customer value.'' Trademarks Yield Dynamics and Genesis are trademarks of Yield Dynamics, Inc. AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. About Yield Dynamics Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Yield Dynamics, Inc. is the technology leader in yield management and advanced process control for the semiconductor industry. Yield Dynamics provides the most comprehensive set of software tools available, enabling users to convert large amounts of data into useful information. This allows users to bring products to market rapidly, achieve higher yields, and improve manufacturing productivity and profitability. Additional information about Yield Dynamics can be found at ydyn.com or by calling 408/330-9320.

To: combjelly who wrote (74604)	3/15/2002 10:21:47 AM
From: heatsinker2	Respond to of 275872

CJ- And given Microsoft's track record on delivering bug-free products, makes me really dubious that they can actually deliver on their desires... I can't believe that Msoft could pull this off. How much hardware have they designed? It's hard to design highly integrated processors, look at the trouble Intel has had.

To: combjelly who wrote (74604)	3/15/2002 11:05:01 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

<font color=red>...SuSE is pushing to have its server software ready in November, in time for the launch of Hammer late in the year, according to product manager Stefan Werden. "As soon as Hammer is officially available, our operating system package will be too," he said. SuSE and AMD announced plans to adapt version 2.6 of the Linux kernel for the x86-64 architecture in February. Linux development groups have long supported the Hammer architecture, but SuSE hopes to get some additional marketing mileage from its AMD relationship. "We want to be the first Hammer (operating system) platform," Burtscher explained. So far, the move seems to be paying off. Two weeks ago, for example, AMD demonstrated a prototype Hammer chip running 64-bit SuSE Linux and 32-bit Windows. Why didn't Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD go with a U.S. Linux distributor? "AMD's decision to collaborate with us on Hammer is probably due to our reputation for German 'seriousness,'" said Burtscher. "They know how quickly and easily our distribution can be modified to suit various platforms," added Werden. SuSE, like many other "commercial" Linux distributors, remains critical of hard-core Linux advocates and of the Free Software Foundation, led by Richard Stallman, more than any other. Stallman last summer criticized Ransom Love of Caldera for the company's "parasitical" relationship to the open-source development community, and Burtscher expects a similar response to SuSE's decision to charge fees. "I suppose the term 'license fees' alone must irritate certain puritans," he said. "We are enhancing Linux with additional services and asking money for it. Rightfully, too. No revenue, no client support." The company also promotes its direct contributions to the Linux kernel and collaboration with developers on the KDE project, a graphical user interface for Linux. Parliamentary backing SuSE may soon have the opportunity to demonstrate Linux's stability and security by switching all of the German parliament's servers over to Linux, while allowing clients to continue using Microsoft applications. A commission recently recommended that the move be made, basing its decision on an independent survey carried out for the German parliament. SuSE is the hot favorite to deliver the new server. "Although this isn't a victory yet for SuSE, it is for Linux," proclaimed Burtscher. "We still need to go through the final phases of the application procedure and then wait for a final decision from the Parliament's Ältestenrat. We're hoping, of course. This means a lot to us."... Full story zdnet.com.com I saw a post on TMF showing your RB post referencing this news. Thanx Comb. M.