Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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AMD's Corporate Culture
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15148
Intel's Corporate Culture
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15147
Intel Tejas T-Shirt
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15146



The Craig Barrett article that the Inq references is dated 1998, and at that time, Constructive Confrentation was in favor, no doubt. Actually, I hear the concept of constructive confrontation has really fallen out of favor at intel these days. It has been replaced by a win-win philosphy, arrriving at a solution that benefits everyone. These days, Craig probably would have given that reporter a discount coupon for a Dell Inspirion

And yes, that training document does list CC as one of the classes to be taken, but if you back up one link, here's what it says....


Materials Core Training Plan
This link provides a general training plan as an example. The example is a Word document. Group specific training requirements will vary.


Most likely the Inq just neglected to investigate as far as I did (cough). One thing's for sure, I HOPE that "Tejas" shirt story is true.... I have GOT to get me one of those

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