Quote Originally Posted by Particle View Post
Informal, that's nonsense. Partners need CPUs in order to test their complementing products such as motherboards and complete systems, final silicon or not. The engineering reasons for sending out ES chips trumps any beef you might have with them as an enthusiast. You're looking at it purely from the perspective of someone who wants to know about the product early.
I think his point is that AMd should do some damage control at the point where bad results are getting leaked.