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AMD Acquires Boston Talent
AMD Acquires Boston Talent (AMD)
By Brian Neal
Monday, September 20, 2004 6:20 PM EDT
Thanks to mas for pointing out this article indicating that AMD has established a new CPU design center in Boston. Originally a group of former API Networks employees, the group is now joined by roughly 60 engineers from Sun. The engineers had previously worked on the aborted UltraSPARC V and other projects.
"I think what this means is that AMD now has the critical mass of design talent to do more than just one (processor) core at a time," Krewell said. "Now it has enough capability to run two fully independent teams to deliver two products at the same time."
Krewell predicts that AMD will focus its newfound talent on chips for notebooks and servers.
"Desktop parts could pretty much fall out from designs, from either mobile (processors) or servers, at this point," he said. "Notebooks are a growing segment of the corporate and home marketplace, and servers are where the (high) average selling prices are--the dollars AMD needs to get a steady revenue stream."
Krewell predicts that AMD will focus its newfound talent on chips for notebooks and servers.
"Desktop parts could pretty much fall out from designs, from either mobile (processors) or servers, at this point," he said. "Notebooks are a growing segment of the corporate and home marketplace, and servers are where the (high) average selling prices are--the dollars AMD needs to get a steady revenue stream."
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