Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
and those investors know more about running amd than amd does?
Two words: shareholders value.

Quote Originally Posted by Calmatory View Post
So HD5850 would go EOL in few months once the process matures? Or would AMD start to cripple the fully functional HD5870 cards to HD5850 cards because of high demand for the cheap 1200 SP cards?

A good plan for the first few months, which will backfire with good yields.
Doesn't matter. That's how it has been all the past years, why should it change? Why can many AMD X3s be unlocked to X4s? Why were there so many X1800 GTOs that could be unlocked (until ATI introduced a laser cut?)?