AMD cuts to the core with 'Bulldozer' Opterons

[qurious63ss]

That's the idea. In the past the competition could attack in 2 areas: product and process, and to compete you have to spend in both (fyi, process is a lot more expensive).

Now, all we have to spend on product, someone else can spend on process. It was a strategic move more than a financial move.

WOW! So GF giving you guys the chips for free? I know you want to make it sound like it's all positive to go fabless but reality is very different since you are paying per wafer, die whatever and at a premium and GF will now have their own priorities that may not go inline with Amd's so they could push out process shrinks out if they see it in their best interest. I have to wonder how much you are really saving by losing control of your manufacturing and I would love to hear what your old CEO/founder Mr. Sanders feels about Amd's new fabless model.