AMD To Spin Off Fabrication From Design Work

I.M.O.G. was one of many readers to write with the news that "Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce Tuesday that it will split into two companies — one focused on designing microprocessors and the other on the costly business of manufacturing them — in a drastic effort to maintain its position as the only real rival to Intel. 'This is the biggest announcement in our history,' said AMD's chief executive, Dirk Meyer. 'This will make us a financially stronger company, both in the near term and in the long term, as a result of being out from the capital expense burden we have had to bear.'"

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Re:How is this supposed to make things better?

[larry bagina]

There's some good information about spinoff efficiency here. Personally, it seems like an economic cycle of mergers/acquisitions and then spinoffs/splits. The only real winners are the investment bankers.