tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post2865845076012751656..comments2023-10-26T15:06:30.940+00:00Comments on AIMeD Corporation: Strong Demand for Intel's AtomRoborat, Ph.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04845879517177508741noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-75555356441145746342013-03-30T20:00:03.831+00:002013-03-30T20:00:03.831+00:00Louis Vuitton SacLouis Vuitton sac à main Louis Vu...<a href="http://www.cuirlv2013sac.com" rel="nofollow">Louis Vuitton Sac</a>Louis Vuitton sac à main Louis Vuitton sacs <a href="http://www.lvpascher20131.com" rel="nofollow">Sacs Louis Vuitton</a> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-23152135694730508172008-10-13T13:28:00.000+00:002008-10-13T13:28:00.000+00:00Sorry fella's my wife is up to her tricks again. S...Sorry fella's my wife is up to her tricks again. <BR/><BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-3333104523692271172008-10-13T03:37:00.000+00:002008-10-13T03:37:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.SPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-49690936720220842952008-10-10T09:03:00.000+00:002008-10-10T09:03:00.000+00:00Well, straight from the horses mouth - a place whe...Well, straight from the horses mouth - a place where I go for ALL my Silicon Process technology information (Fudzilla):<BR/><BR/>http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9869&Itemid=1<BR/><BR/>"AMD to abandon SOI after 45nm"<BR/><BR/>Well I'm not sure he's got it completely right, but apparently he thinks SOI starts to lose it's benefit on smaller nodes and the maximum benefit was on the 90nm node (hmmm, what blog did I hear that on 6-12 months ago?). I'm just spitballing here, but perhaps Intel knew this and was a significant reason why they did not switch to such an "innovative" technology like AMD did? (I thnk I may have read a paper on this)<BR/><BR/>Actually I think he's got this bungled too - I suspect AMD will do both SOI and bare Si processes. Depending on IBM's FINFET strategy and future memory (on chip) technologies SOI may serve purposes beyond the leakage (junction) benefit.<BR/><BR/>And on a completely different tangent - the ultimate in real world technology application ('email goggles'):<BR/><BR/>http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2331965,00.asp<BR/><BR/>Google - where were you 5 years ago when I needed you!?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-55367132173477587892008-10-09T23:43:00.000+00:002008-10-09T23:43:00.000+00:00"Even Sparks couldn't hook up the electrical that ..."Even Sparks couldn't hook up the electrical that fast"<BR/><BR/>Maybe, maybe not, but I’d give my eye teeth to build a FAB. <BR/><BR/>Of course, this would be a dream come true. I get goosey thinking of the possibilities. <BR/><BR/>Here’s how it would work. <BR/><BR/>They’d get not one, but several electrical contractors who specialized in their respective areas of construction/infrastructure. (They must be qualified and approved Contractors to bid, invitation only)<BR/><BR/>Each company’s General Forman would report directly to each supervising project manager in charge of that particular area. Mains and power distribution would be one facet. Emergency power generation would be another. HVAC/environmental, building management, fire control, Networking/Fiber, Server Infrastructure (power only), lighting, and communications, etc., would have their respective contractors working in unison responsible for their respective benchmark timetables/schedules. (Oh, the joy, I’m drooling!) <BR/><BR/>Each General (Forman) would have a maximum 5 Forman there would be 5 Sub-foremen (Straw Bosses) under each Straw, 5 mechanics with a defined number of apprentices mandated by the Local Unions’ agreement with the Owners, usually two. If you’re not keeping score, that’s close to 200 guys, no sweat. Factor in Locker Pups, too. (Guys who expedite Tools and Materials) And, nimbers that could be from each company. (That's how IBEW LU#3 built NYC.)<BR/><BR/>If you are one of the Generals, Forman’s, or Straws you don’t touch your tools, you supervise. (General’s and Forman NEVER touch tools, the straws will, occasionally, but they could be reprimanded. I have) The Generals report to the companies’ Supervisor(s). Supervisors are god. <BR/><BR/>Never f**k with the Super, I’d wire hell for mine. (I racked a company VP against a piece of switch gear one night, my Super covered my ass. The VP was reprimanded for breaking my balls during a critical shut down. I was elevated to legendary status by the other Forman)<BR/><BR/>To most folks a construction site looks like a goddamned hodgepodge of guys running around in a huge mess looking for something to do.<BR/><BR/>In reality, everyone has a job, their being watched, the quality and time required to complete each task is carefully scrutinized by all. <BR/><BR/>There’s no laying down on this one, trust me, especially if it’s Fast Track. (Multiple shifts)<BR/><BR/>You give the IBEW a job like this; we’ve got the talented people and companies to blow this thing out.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know, that includes Arab Micro Devices.<BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-20832060660936356252008-10-09T17:31:00.000+00:002008-10-09T17:31:00.000+00:00Tonus said... I don't think there has ever been a ...Tonus said... <BR/><BR/><I>I don't think there has ever been a better example of the "lipstick on a pig" analogy than that. Yee-ha Khaldoon, you go right on polishing that turd!</I><BR/><BR/>I think these countries are so awash in our petro-dollars, that deals like this are pocket change to them. They don't really care that much how profitable AMD will be - they just want to get their foot in the door with a hi-tech company. They know that eventually the oil will run out and so they are spending $$ to diversify and attract talent at all levels, from R&D to top-rated university profs. <BR/><BR/>If ever there is an economical solution found to alternative energy (hydrogen fuel cells, solar, tabletop fusion, etc), there's a growing chance it'll be discovered in one of the petro-rich countries...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-78844949618163594052008-10-09T05:21:00.000+00:002008-10-09T05:21:00.000+00:00Dow down 2%, AMD down 11%... who said you can'...Dow down 2%, AMD down 11%... who said you can't make money in the market these day (bought some AMD puts after the artificial bounce yesterday!)<BR/><BR/>Looks like the market has had a little time to digest this and may have realized, OK AMD got some cash - but did anything fundamentally change splitting one company into 2?<BR/><BR/>Apparently Wall St realized margins will be the same or worse with a middle man foundry margin stuffed in. Production costs and capabilities are going to be the same for the intermediate future (it's not like the ARAB partners are bringing chip making expertise) and that just gets passed on to AMD now. The only thing that really has changed is the cash flow dynamics (as AMD now outlays on a consistent basis as opposed to the bursts associated with ramping factories)<BR/><BR/>Funny thing looking at AMDZone - you have Ab-in-stupid spouting off and showing his complete lack of knowledge of manufacturing. He has told "the people" that AMD will have F38 (the F30 conversion) fully tooled by end of '09.<BR/><BR/>Now there are many, many reasons why this is completely wrong but I'll go for the most simple to understand one:<BR/><BR/>Anyone know the leadtime on buying a 193nm immersion litho tool? Put it this way if AMD placed an order TODAY for all of the scanners they needed (which is impossible but bear with me); at best they would dock ~Q4'09/Q1'10 and then you have to, I don't know, install and qualify them! Even Sparks couldn't hook up the electrical that fast never mine the plumbing, exhaust, chems, water, etc! <BR/><BR/>Now factor in that there is probably no way that an equipment supplier could build that many tools at once as they also tend to have other customers who spend a bit more money than AMD and forecast their tools YEARS in advance to secure the build slots at the supplier. But Intel isn't using immersion on 45nm, surely I must be wrong? Well, by now many of the 32nm tools have been forecasted and I'd bet some of the PO's have already bee cut for the early 32nm ramp tools (beyond development)<BR/><BR/>It's not like the supplier can turn on a dime and say, 'oh hey we need to build 5 more of these things, let's hire some more people and buy more parts'! Oh and as the deal has not officially gone thru, AMD probably couldn't order the tools today anyway; though I imagine they are forecasting them.<BR/><BR/>Of course I could be wrong and Abinstein, with his world class reputation for understanding manufacturing could be right. (did I mention his amazing proof that AMD had >50% better yield than AMD based on counting the # of factories?) <BR/><BR/>For some humor - you should take a read over at AMDzone. (He's also thinking AMD could get Silicon out of NY fab by end of 2010, but don't get me started on that!). I'm almost tempted to open an account but I know I'll be branded a troll as soon as I show the myriad of holes in some of the speculations being thrown around over there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-85569348728132684172008-10-09T03:00:00.000+00:002008-10-09T03:00:00.000+00:00I despise the man for what he did and didn’t do fo...I despise the man for what he did and didn’t do for the company, the share holders, his many employees, customers, and ultimately the nation in regards to technological leadership. <BR/><BR/>What he didn’t do was to capitalize on his lead by focusing the companies recourses on it’s “core” business, take stock in the power and might of his adversary, and produce one innovative, successful product during his tenure.<BR/><BR/>Opteron and its success was certainly not his baby.<BR/><BR/>What he did was run the company straight into the ground with a ridiculously expensive purchase of a graphics design company. Dilute shareholder value, twice. Run slash and burn tactics to maintain market share while operating under monumental, consecutive, quarterly losses. Squander valuable resources (people’s jobs inclusive) and time on a pipe dream that never came to fruition, and ultimately, sold his failed strategy to foreign concerns out of dire, desperate, necessity.<BR/><BR/>To you the boards’ actions, or lack of, may be unconscionable. To me the individual at the helm has the final decision to set the course of the company’s long term statigic goals. Blinded by never before seen success, I believe, at the time, they would have followed Wrector straight into hell.<BR/><BR/>They did. <BR/><BR/>You know I don’t relish disagreeing with you, but that's how I feel, right or wrong. Every individual in his own time will seek his own level of incompetence. <BR/><BR/>He did.<BR/><BR/>Wrector Ruinz is a classic case of the ‘Peter Principle’ gone obscenely wrong, despicable. <BR/> <BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-89069356076120523182008-10-09T01:32:00.000+00:002008-10-09T01:32:00.000+00:00My contempt and distain for Hector Ruiz is unfatho...<I>My contempt and distain for Hector Ruiz is unfathomable. He is absolutely despicable.</I><BR/><BR/>Despicable? Clearly he is incompetent and his history prior to AMD, suggests it's not just a one time event. But I'm not sure I would say despicable. <BR/><BR/>He's made very bad tactical and strategic blunders and in typical fashion of a CEO, he thinks he is best equipped to make things better. I have no doubt he is <I>trying</I> to put AMD into a better place but unfortunately he has let ego, and perhaps an overestimation of his skills/under-estimation of Intel's skills get in the way.<BR/><BR/>The real criminals (figuratively) remains the board - there sole purpose in life is to look at the strategic direction of the company and provide an impartial(?) look at where the company is headed and at the folks that are running the company.<BR/><BR/>In my view, how these board members allowed Ruiz to remain in charge as long as he did, and allow AMD to follow a flawed strategy (market share at all cost) for as long as they did is unconscionable. For them to collect money while doing this is an amazing dis-service to the shareholders, complete negligence on their part and borderline criminally/civilly negligent.<BR/><BR/>If there was an activist shareholder like Icahn involved - I have no doubt the board and Ruiz would have been thrown out quickly (though Icahn is too smart to get involved with AMD's mess).<BR/><BR/>You hear politicans bash all these CEO's and there excessive pay, but there is absolutely no mention that the system in place to govern this (company board of directors) is broken. Fix the board and you will fix a large part of the problem - the issue with the board is, that while it is theoretically elected - it is a good ole boy network, and there generally is 5-10 major stockholders who have a chunk of the shares who pretty much decide it. <BR/><BR/>Now what would happen if you allowed stockholders to sue the board members specifically for gross incompetence/negligence and not just the CEO's? Might they be a little more vigilant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-75220267906550402542008-10-09T00:17:00.000+00:002008-10-09T00:17:00.000+00:00“Congress out to get the big bad evil (read: succe...“Congress out to get the big bad evil (read: successful and profitable) companies.”<BR/><BR/>Oh how true. Oh how ironic, those IDIOTS in Federal and State government are deliberately trying to cripple our most successful and profitable enterprises, Microsoft and Intel. <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, the same group of elitists are supporting and bankrolling the prime mortgage lenders who leveraged their capital 30 to 1, in the interest of greedy commissions obtained from Nuevo ‘real estate magnets’ who couldn’t afford the long term purchase price of homes they couldn’t afford. This is 700B plus 300B, respectively. This will come one trillion overall.<BR/><BR/>And…………… the home buyers get to renegotiate their mortgages so they can KEEP THE HOME THEY KNEW THEY COULDN’T AFFORD INITIALLY, marvelous!<BR/><BR/>Now we’ve got the sellout of American companies to foreign interest, partially subsidized by America taxpayers, in order to obtain “fresh capital”, and make the market “more competitive” for THE MOST successful American company WORLDWIDE, INTEL. I give you the unprecedented and historic AMD financial debacle.<BR/><BR/>Exacerbating this issue is foreign investment buying INTC’s IP on the cheap! A back door sale of x86, to foreign interests, astounding! Further, those absolute imbeciles in NYS are photo taking and patting themselves on the back for a deal that is good for the State and good for the Nation!<BR/><BR/>The CEO’s of these respective Corporations make monumental blunders, and we the American taxpayers subsidize the sellout, pay the freight, and deliberately hurt prosperous American companies by default. This is free market, Government intervention, at its absolute finest; all at the expense of the American taxpayer.<BR/><BR/>They’ve got the whole damned thing all wrong and ass backwards.<BR/><BR/>I hope to God Intel sues the lot, and pulls their license, at least in the interest of national security.<BR/><BR/>My contempt and distain for Hector Ruiz is unfathomable. He is absolutely despicable.<BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-36412460724945930492008-10-08T19:48:00.000+00:002008-10-08T19:48:00.000+00:00Are they still 'close enough' to their fabs to mai...<I>Are they still 'close enough' to their fabs to maintain their pace in development of 32nm and 22nm technology? Is there a danger that they will fall farther behind Intel in process tech if they are disengaged from the fabs?</I><BR/><BR/>These are the strategic questions noone seems to want to analyze. <BR/><BR/>Start with the opposite - do things get better/faster by separating process & design into 2 companies? Obviously not, so the absolute best case is no change.<BR/><BR/>On 45nm, AMD seems to be making a big deal about DFM (design for manufacturing) - something every IC manufacturer has been doing, except they give it a name (like APM) and make it sound innovative. These design rules come about from close interaction between the process and integration folks and the design folks with each of them having a reasonable understanding of the impact of what they own has on the other guy. Things like - How much can I give in on a design parameter for a better process or if I tweak this specific process (with impact to process stability) how much gain does it enable on the design?<BR/><BR/>The real problem with the foundry approach is that they can tune the process to work optimally with AMD's design, but what about other customer needs? Are they just stuck with what the foundry has tweaked for AMD? This would potentially put the foundry at a disadvantage to other foundries for non-AMD designs.<BR/><BR/>The other real conflict is the capacity planning. AMD will always want to move to the newer node as fast as possible, but for a foundry there will be a lot of demand for the lagging nodes - many customers will not want to update to new processes (mask cost, design cost) if they are running medium to low volumes. So when upgrading fabs there will be pull from both sides on the speed of the ramp and how much capacity gets dedicated where and where process engineering is prioritized (remember AMD does the CTI approach so they are constantly do incremental steps - if something can't be done on two nodes - which node do you prioritize). This is why AMD needed the 50% voting share (wll that and likely the x86 license).<BR/><BR/>As for process development it appears this responsibility simply switches to the foundry so it should be failry similar to what things currently are for AMD as IBM has said the new foundry will be a partner in the 'fab club'<BR/><BR/>Here's my question - what happens if the foundry fails? Unless AMD renegotiates the x86 license they have to produce 80% of their CPU's in house. If the foundry fails are they essentially done with CPU's? And then devolve into graphics only (ATI)? While I don't wish this, that would be a rather ironic - they acquire ATI, setting off a chain of events which leaves the company as....ATI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-39412013574251153262008-10-08T12:23:00.000+00:002008-10-08T12:23:00.000+00:00Question- how does this affect AMD's CPU and GPU d...Question- how does this affect AMD's CPU and GPU development? Are they still 'close enough' to their fabs to maintain their pace in development of 32nm and 22nm technology? Is there a danger that they will fall farther behind Intel in process tech if they are disengaged from the fabs?<BR/><BR/>I was under the impression that not having your own fabs could hurt process development. Is this more a case of AMD having its cake and eating it, too? (ie, spinning off the fab for financial reasons, but maintaining a relationship that allows them to avoid the hazards of being 'fabless'.)Tonushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082528970434639776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-58162528110098867112008-10-08T05:24:00.000+00:002008-10-08T05:24:00.000+00:00WTFAll this talk for quarters about A$$ lite and a...WTF<BR/><BR/>All this talk for quarters about A$$ lite and all Dirk and Hector could find was some Arabs to pony up a few extra billion. The Arabs are they really that stupid to believe they can get into manufacturing silicon CPUs for a profit? They got billions where they could buy a distressed bank for cents on the dollar and they instead buy a disfunctional CPU company that hasn't made money 9/10 quarters in their life. <BR/><BR/>Look at the track record of the IBMs, Motorola, HP, DEC, Toshiba, Hitachi, Samsung. Really small companies with no history in silicon. They failed to effectively compete in the profitable x86 / CPU market, and the fucking Arabs think they can do it?<BR/><BR/>AMD now gets a bigger fab and a sucker to finance it to pump out inferior 32nm chips in NY. The good for us it keeps intel running mad and fast so we'll for certain get even better parts from them and laugh as Shanghai dissapoints and the Arabs look to fill their white elephant with other 32nm chips.<BR/><BR/>The fact of the matter the market for 32nm among anyone but the highest profit and volume CPUs is small. AMD continues to lose money and now we got the Arabs helping them.<BR/><BR/>By AMD support the Arabs, buy INTEL well you know where they have most of their factories.<BR/><BR/>The funniest thing is to hear the pomp from the silly new consortium, that takes the cakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-23383654924986702482008-10-08T04:05:00.000+00:002008-10-08T04:05:00.000+00:00Yeah - I think the Intel stuff is basically just s...Yeah - I think the Intel stuff is basically just spin and a desire to get as many of the details out in public as possible. Intel still has the anti-trust to deal with and if they can start painting this for what it is - they may score a point or two in the public perception.<BR/><BR/>While they technically could potentially fight it, there is no way they would get anywhere with Congress out to get the big bad evil (read: successful and profitable) companies. Any guesses on how fast Cuomo, et al would push the antitrust investigation if Intel tried to shut this deal down?<BR/><BR/>No offense Sparks, but I'm glad I don't live in NY anymore those politicians would drive me absolutely nuts. With the state as Democratic as it is, once the primary is over, the race is over for most offices; and most primaries seem to be a race to see who can be the most liberal.<BR/><BR/>I love the quotes/backhanded compliments:<BR/><BR/><I>Sen. Schumer declared, "Upstate New York is back on the map.</I><BR/><BR/>Apparently before this it was just hick dairy farmers and upstate didn't matter? IBM anyone? Albany tech center anyone? RPI and various state universities? Somehow a single manufacturing site puts a huge and diverse geographic area on the map? Does the Intel Rio Rancho facility put all of New Mexico back on the map? How about the Chandler plant for Arizona?<BR/><BR/><I>"Cutting spending alone will not bring us back -- it's going to be wise investments. We can emerge from this crisis if we look beyond and invest in our future."</I><BR/><BR/>Apparently 1Mil/1job created is a wise spend of money? There are so many industries which would have more bang for the buck - a semiconductor fab is fairly light on the labor front in terms of $ spent. Welcome to the constant drip of money Sparks - if NY wants another plant (which if on the same site, a 2nd fab would provide even fewer new jobs)they'll need to pony up plant another 1.2Bil... <BR/><BR/>And Patterson is an idiot if he thinks a single MANUFACTURING plant is going to significantly keep local graduates in the area. Any guesses on the breakdown of those 1400 jobs and how many of those are engineering? (nfar fewer than you think) Any guesses on how many of those jobs will be TRANSFERS from Germany, Austin, etc..?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-71823049578146497832008-10-08T02:32:00.000+00:002008-10-08T02:32:00.000+00:00"Intel has serious questions about this transactio..."Intel has serious questions about this transaction as it relates to the license and will vigorously protect Intel's intellectual property rights," Mulloy said of AMD's announcement.<BR/><BR/>Mulloy said Intel has asked AMD to make the agreement public but he said it would not, so he was not at liberty to discuss the matter in detail"<BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-39702419218474464952008-10-08T02:28:00.000+00:002008-10-08T02:28:00.000+00:00http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN07...http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0748080720081007<BR/><BR/>And the whip comes down.<BR/>And the whip comes down.<BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-64576265622141752412008-10-08T01:53:00.000+00:002008-10-08T01:53:00.000+00:00Here ya go "G", some more Jokers for ya. http://w...Here ya go "G", some more Jokers for ya.<BR/><BR/> http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/paterson_1257684___article.html/state_announcement.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-72357719925326754922008-10-08T00:23:00.000+00:002008-10-08T00:23:00.000+00:00So you're saying there's a chance? (somehow that D...So you're saying there's a chance? (somehow that Dumb and Dumber quote just seems to ring true!)<BR/><BR/><I>However, during a conference call with press and analysts, Hector Ruiz, who will relinquish his current role as AMD's executive chairman and chairman of the board to become chairman of The Foundry Company, said that negotiations are just now beginning in earnest with the State of New York about their potential investment in the proposed 300-mm fab. "They have so far been very enthusiastic and I am confident we will get an agreement and the incentives. But we have no signature as of today." </I><BR/><BR/>http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QTF1L4F10PP4EQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=210800047Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-89053532415340632102008-10-07T23:30:00.000+00:002008-10-07T23:30:00.000+00:00“ approvals from regulators, transfer of previousl...“ approvals from regulators, transfer of previously-confirmed New York incentives to The Foundry Company, and the approval of AMD stockholders for the issuance of common stock and warrants to Mubadala”<BR/><BR/>This is rich, Senator Charles Schumer backing an Arab held concern to the tune of a billion plus, while chief rival Intel spends tens of billions building facilities in Israel. AND, Schumer, directly or indirectly, (I don’t care) is sanctioning an INTC investigation through the NYS Attorney Generals office.<BR/><BR/>Who knows perhaps he can get a Dubai World port built near/in, say, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.<BR/><BR/>http://gruntig.blogspot.com/2006/10/hasidic-protest.html<BR/><BR/> <BR/>You simply can’t make shit like this up.<BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-38234640985035132992008-10-07T22:34:00.000+00:002008-10-07T22:34:00.000+00:00“Both blogs have been down (in terms of author pos...“Both blogs have been down (in terms of author posts) for about the same time now ..”<BR/><BR/>This is true. However, the Doc cautioned us few months back, due to personal endeavors, he wouldn’t be devoting as much time to the blog as he did in the past. <BR/><BR/>That doesn’t mean the quality of this blogs content or interest has suffered. On the contrary, we’ve had a few moments of intrigue and drama. In fact, at one point, it got downright ugly. Personally, I must confess, when process debates flair, although heated, there is a wealth of knowledge contained within, and these guys are the Socrates of the process set. Knowledge is the key, which ultimately underscores the difference betweens this blog and the other one you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>I’m the biggest Intel fan this side of the Hudson River, but it doesn’t mean I have lost my objectivity. That would be stupid. Frankly, posting something stupid here and YOU WILL get your ass handed to you, irregardless of your personal preferences. No one gets a pass, and that includes me an INTC, ever loving, overclocking, nut case. That’s a fact.<BR/><BR/>ROBO need not micro manage, edit, or moderate this site. Due do his OBJECTIVE and insightful analysis he has attracted the same type of contributors. And, if I may be so bold as to speak for the others here, that is just the way we like it.<BR/><BR/>SPARKSSPARKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535419513995195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-5151633492321067452008-10-07T20:49:00.000+00:002008-10-07T20:49:00.000+00:00“We are as enthusiastic about AMD’s potential toda...<I>“We are as enthusiastic about AMD’s potential today as we were when we made our initial investment last year,” said Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chief executive officer and managing director of Mubadala.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think there has ever been a better example of the "lipstick on a pig" analogy than that. Yee-ha Khaldoon, you go right on polishing that turd!Tonushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082528970434639776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-77964969025842109782008-10-07T20:19:00.000+00:002008-10-07T20:19:00.000+00:00Some of the quotes out there are just ridiculous:“...Some of the quotes out there are just ridiculous:<BR/><BR/><I>“ATIC and AMD are the ideal partners with which to create The Foundry Company,” said Hector Ruiz, chairman of AMD’s board of directors, who will become chairman of The Foundry Company. “Working together allows us to combine ATIC’s long-term vision and patient capital with our manufacturing leadership, innovation and highly-skilled workforce.</I><BR/><BR/>So basically ATIC is ideal because they have money and will continue to sink money into it long term. Long term vision? I think he is referring to vision to keep sinking in money - I don't think ATIC has a long term vision of the industry or where tech is heading. What exactly do they bring to the table other than money? That is the ONLY reason why they are ideal.<BR/><BR/><I>“We are as enthusiastic about AMD’s potential today as we were when we made our initial investment last year,” said Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chief executive officer and managing director of Mubadala. “This increased investment is a strong vote of confidence in AMD’s Asset Smart business strategy, evolved leadership team, and best-in-class technology.” </I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, that investment last year is working out really well - if the stock manages to just triple, they will be about break even! And best-in class technology? You can stretch a bit and say competitive but 'best-in-class', really?<BR/><BR/>'evolved' leadership team... how's that for an interesting, polite spin on the "old" leadership team?<BR/><BR/><I>The transaction is expected to close at the beginning of 2009 following satisfaction of conditions <B>such as approvals from regulators, transfer of previously-confirmed New York incentives to The Foundry Company</B>, and the approval of AMD stockholders for the issuance of common stock and warrants to Mubadala.</I><BR/><BR/>I can just see Sparks... "so you're saying there's a chance!?!?" (Don't count on it, buddy!)<BR/><BR/>One of the better summaries on the web (and a pretty good site for things like this):<BR/>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/official_amd_goes_fabless/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-51296229169181838472008-10-07T19:17:00.000+00:002008-10-07T19:17:00.000+00:00I dunno, I read an article a couple of years back,...<I>I dunno, I read an article a couple of years back, looking at various studies of the economic impact of new sports stadiums, and in general they have a negative return over their lifetimes.</I><BR/><BR/>I've read (though can't find links) similar studies - but a lot of that has to do with georaphy and the specifics of the situation. For example expansion teams generally get a new stadium, people attend for a year or 2 and then the euphoria evaporates and attendance drops or the same thing happens when a team relocates to a new area.<BR/><BR/>The NY stadiums are going to draw people regardless, so you won't see the eventual drop off. Also the stadiums, I believe, are ~1/2 financed by the owners which gives a much better chance for long term return for the state.<BR/><BR/>Or put it this way... if you hd 1Bil to invest would you give it to AMD to build a plant that will be obsolete in under 10 years or build a couple of stadiums (and have a little change left over) which will probably be around longer than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-33309362306466054562008-10-07T15:50:00.000+00:002008-10-07T15:50:00.000+00:00Anonymous said... Are Roborat and Scientia the sam...Anonymous said... <BR/><I>Are Roborat and Scientia the same person? Both blogs have been down (in terms of author posts) for about the same time now ...</I><BR/><BR/>Aww, c'mon - they have completely different writing styles. Besides, Scientia is busy mudderating - er, moderating AMDZone, while maintaining that he is unbiased :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602471396566186819.post-22919646496168854242008-10-07T14:56:00.000+00:002008-10-07T14:56:00.000+00:00Are Roborat and Scientia the same person? Both blo...Are Roborat and Scientia the same person? Both blogs have been down (in terms of author posts) for about the same time now ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com