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

To: RDM who wrote (58182)	5/14/1999 8:55:00 PM
From: Yousef	Respond to of 1573305

RDM Re: "Perhaps May 25?" How about this ?? --> news.com "AMD gained market share throughout 1998 and landed two key alliances with Gateway and Toshiba in the first few months of 1999. Still, it suffered $128 million losses in the first quarter, because it could not produce enough of its fastest chips before discounts set in. The average price of AMD's chips descended to $78. Layoffs and further losses are expected. As difficult as life has become for AMD, it has been even tougher for others. National Semiconductor recently announced that it will sell off its PC processor unit, while IDT admitted it was seeking funding so that it could continue to products its WinChip family of computer microprocessors. "AMD's economic viability depends on its ability to move beyond the entry-level market into performance-oriented markets, where profit margins are much higher. The K7 is the key to this effort," wrote Michael Slater, founder of MicroDesign Resources, adding, "All things considered, it remains unclear whether anyone will build a profitable business competing with Intel in the PC processor market, but the lure of the largest IC market remains irresistible." Not good, IMHO. Make It So, Yousef