Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[bobs10]

That's true, sorry I misunderstood. Without the K6 AMD probably wouldn't exist today, the k5 definitely was a flop. Jerry saved the company for the umteenth time with the Nextgen deal.

I've got a 350k K6-2 sitting right next to me that the wife uses occasionally. It's networked with a 2m Athlon that I use. Not that much difference in response time between either. Of course I added a lot of memory to the 350 and replaced the original hard drives with high speed ones. It's amazing where the bottlenecks really are. The biggest improvement I ever made was to get high speed cable internet access.

The Nextgen and IBM decisions really were life and death issues that, at least for me, allowed AMD to continue on as a viable entity. AMD has gone to the brink so many times it's the Pauline, as in perils of, of the semi business. AMD has lived on the edge of disaster for so long it's become a way of life for them. If they ever get a chance to feed at INTC's table their liable to eat until they explode.