[Vaquero]

who’d they steal this technology from......??

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

(cont)
Today’s news should serve as yet another reminder of how China does business as Beijing continues to play the same Duopoly strategy, pitting one firm against the other, exchanging market share for core technologies: Boeing vs Airbus, GSM Nokia vs. CDMA Qualcomm, and now Intel vs. AMD. Eventually China will displace all above firms, at least in China(it will take several decades) and be the dominant low-cost producer in cutting edge technology.....end

[Publius6961]

Thanks to AMD(AMD), who two years ago transferred some core X86 processor technology to China (one would guess in exchange for business opportunities).

I wonder how that's working out?
Muslims with a brain...
*shudder*

[ShadowAce]

[KarlInOhio]

So what version of an X86 are they talking about? The latest Athlon chips or the almost 30 year old 8086?

[hunter112]

Interesting, a ChiComm ‘breakthrough’ is figuring out how to pirate someone else’s technology, rather than developing a new one to advance the capabilities of microprocessors.

[MrB]

8 bits and 10 megahertz!!!!

[Weeedley]

This is no big deal. There are hundreds of millions of PCs in every corner of the world. If AMD is stupid enough to give trade secrets away to a place with patent and copyright lawlessness; thats their idiocy.

[BMIC]

Sure. Just like they’ve “mastered the technology” of producing toothpaste and pet food ingredients.

[ikka]

If AMD gives them technology that hurts Intel’s margins, they might view it as a temporary good thing.

[RightWhale]

Today I will stop by my car service station to see if the tires he wants to sell me for my SUV are made in
China. Good price.

[2001convSVT]

Congratulations, I am sure that they will announce any day now that they have solved the cold fusion problem also.

[Constantine XIII]

We’ll see these Chinese models in embedded systems rather than desktops. That internet toaster doesn’t really need a quad-core cpu to get the job done, but being x86 allows it to run standard software more easily.

[Rock N Jones]

The article is not specific about what is involved in the statement that China is now able to manufacture an X86 processor but most likely it is probably refers to AMD’s Geode.

Excerpted from the following article dated October, 2005.

“Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it had reached an agreement with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Peking University to license the company’s x86 Geode microprocessor design technology that will enable Chinese development of low-power and embedded computer solutions for consumer and commercial markets.”

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20051024100011.html

AMD management has been less than stellar in causing a financial chaos. Net operating losses has eaten cash reserves and they have had to borrow heavily at excessive interest rates. AMD today is in an extremely precarious financial condition and in danger of bankruptcy. They are behind Intel in technology and they desperately need their latest processor, the K10, which so far has missed the mid year promised launch. The K10 performance is also questionable and AMD continues to make only vague statements regarding its performance. Some people think AMD will be acquired by another company, such as IBM(unlikely) or they may be privatized through an acquisition by a private investment group. Not pretty.

The question remains why is AMD providing anything to China regarding x86 technology. This technology should remain in the US.