Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Elmer Phud]

No one quits because they did a great job and made the company a bunch of money. Meretsky likely screwed up. Criticism and arguement resulted. He was given the option of "moving on to better things". Likely a lot of dissappointment at AMD over Hammer slippage. Mr. Ruiz doesn't want to hear abour screw ups. It's life and death there right now.

All possible but there's another possibility as well. Mr Meretsky did an excellent job but just got fed up watching AMD lying to their customers and shareholders for so long. Remember Jerry's "Best yields in the World" claim and the constant insistence that Hammer was on schedule and the best performer in the world? If those weren't lies I don't know what is. Who could feel good about being a part of that?

EP