To: TGPTNDR who wrote (75747 ) 3/27/2002 3:54:39 PM From: milo_morai Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872 <font color=darkred>[From TMF]SUNNYVALE, CA -- March 27, 2002 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the introduction of it's brand new Quantidate technology based upon customer and investor demand. The Quantidate architecture is designed to convince customers and investors that any given product is launched 'on time'. It works by AMD announcing a quarterly date for a product launch, waiting until the absolute last minute possible to actually release it, and collecting token revenue in the said quarter. In the following quarter, many months later, the product will actually become available in quantity for true revenue and income (TRI). Quantidate is part of AMD's larger true revenue and income program. “We felt that AMD would be served best by going back to all the production problems and delays of the K5 and K6 days,” said Jerry Sanders, Chairman and CEO of AMD. “Along with confusing and misleading investors, we can make our best customers cry as they try to figure out when they will actually get new products to introduce,” Sanders said. “AMD's doing a fantastic job,” said Michael Dell, CEO of Dell. “They have actually managed to find a way to benefit this company without us having to purchase any actual chips from them.” 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. (NYSE: AMD). AMD on the Web For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at amd.com . Additional press releases are available at amd.com . AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.boards.fool.com PS. It's a few days to April 1st .