Replies to post #4484 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[dougSF30]

Haddock, quite right-- my bad. They've sold all of 4500 Itaniums through 2002. Let's add another 3000 this year, so far, just to be generous. Okay, 7500. Now, how many are being recalled/replaced?

7500. Chipguy says it's because of the dot-bomb. Nothing at all to do with poor performance on legacy code, heat and power issues, this latest data corruption "errata" (love that term), etc. Whatever makes folks happy, I guess.

Critical mass? Yeah, and headed for the final meltdown.

Doug

[Elmer Phud]

Haddock -

while Elmer hints that he knows the answer too but can't say

I'm not hinting. I'm telling you I know the number manufactured and it doesn't match up with the number claimed to be sold by the rumor mill. You may not believe me but my point is that I'm not just dropping a subtle hint. What I didn't say was if it was too low or too high.