Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Jerry R]

Windsock - The life of AMD and its AMD64 may be very short lived.

One thing that's clear to me is that discussions of AMD's finances on a board like this tend to be ignored and disregarded by AMD fans. No matter how dire the situation is regarding AMD's balance sheet, the belief is that there will always be some other, more deep pocketed company who will take them over and carry on the fight to topple bag, bad Intel.

Does AMD management really have a viable business model that will sustain not only self-sufficiency but long-term growth? Will they generate enough profits to fund their R&D for K9 and beyond, as well as the development of deeper sub-micron processes? Or do they just assume that some other company (as IBM has done now) will take pity on them and bail them out at just the right moment? How do you plan for a miracle?