Now the question is: what will they do with the money they get? Invest in some much needed research or try to strengthen their current market position? Whatever they do, this is not good for AMD as a company, I don't see how anything like this will make investors or shareholders more confident. It just means that in case of a bankruptcy there will be less assets to sell hence less money that can be recovered. I for one, if I was still a shareholder, would sell all my stock now. It's like this company is saying that it has no confidence in its own future...