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AMD Management Has Serious Communication Problems

AMD management suffers from a credibility problem and a lack of detail in nearly all statements. When management says AMD’s 65 nm process is in excellent shape, they mean it works great up to 2.4 GHz and it has a low defect density. But how is 65 nm for 3.0 GHz chips and beyond? When Dirk Meyer says he knows how to fix the quad-core problem, is he referring to the TLB errata or the low clockspeed problem or the power dissipation problem at higher frequencies? AMD’s management makes ambiguous statements which are missing important details. Unless it is an obvious problem, they tend to hide the facts, and only later do you find out AMD has encountered limitations preventing it from producing higher-end products.