>> I thought AMD had to spin off their fabs due to cost and cash flow issue because Intel was too busy playing dirty? IMHO Ruiz cut back on engineering and inc

>> I thought AMD had to spin off their fabs due to cost and cash flow issue because Intel was too busy playing dirty? IMHO Ruiz cut back on engineering and increased marketing. Then purchased ATI which I though was an odd or even dumb move (it was not). But that expensive purchase along with the failure of bulldozer almost killed the company. That's why they spun off Global Foundries - to stay alive.