AMD has a fascinating history in relationship to Intel. Intel effectively propped them up in the early 1980s because IBM insisted on having multiple manufacture

AMD has a fascinating history in relationship to Intel. Intel effectively propped them up in the early 1980s because IBM insisted on having multiple manufacturers available for x86 chips and not be reliant on a sole supplier. Intel handed AMD that business, then slowly chipped away at them. There is a case study out on the web about this. This isn't the exact one, but worth reading as well. http://davidamerland.com/seo-blog/676-amd-business-failings-case-study.html http://davidamerland.com/seo-blog/676-amd-business-failings-...