[Cialug] AMD's Spin Off

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

Yes it is. I was a big Garfield fan when i was younger, and to this day 
whenever i hear of Abu Dhabi my first thought is of Garfield packing 
Nermal into a box to be sent there.

What benefit will AMD get from this? All i know is that their 
manufacturing is quite expensive, but design is not so much. Does 
anyone think AMD is eventually just going to outsource production to 
the lowest bidder? I mean, once production is a separate company, there 
is no reason to continue doing business with them exclusively or even 
at all.

On Thursday October 9 2008 08:26, David Bierce wrote:
>Abu Dhabi...Isn't that where Garfield kept sending Nermal?
>
>On Oct 9, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Todd Walton wrote:
>> AMD has decided to spin off its chip-making factories into a
>> separate business.  AMD will now only design chips.  The new company
>> will be called "Foundry Company" and will be owned (55%) by the
>> government of Abu Dhabi.

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