chaos schrijft: "AMD wist in de pre-Athlon tijd vooral z'n hoofd boven water te houden door hun zeer goede flash geheugens. Nu dat de naam van AMD steeds meer in aanzien stijgt lijkt het erop dat ze daar nu nog meer voordeel uit gaan trekken: met een enorme flash geheugen levering aan Samsung. Ik had in april vorig jaar AMD aandelen moeten kopen! .":
SUNNYVALE, CA--JANUARY 24, 2000--AMD, a leading flash memory devices manufacturer, announced today an agreement with Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.- Wireless Terminal Division (Samsung WTD) to supply the company with a significant portion of its flash memory product requirements for the next three years. Under the agreement, beginning January 1, 2000, AMD will provide Samsung WTD with approximately $400 million dollars worth of flash memory devices to support its increasing customer demand."We are pleased to enter into this agreement with Samsung WTD which affords the increased supply Samsung WTD believes is necessary for its critical flash memory product needs," said Walid Maghribi, group vice president of AMD's Memory Group. "By aligning our strength in flash memory products with Samsung WTD's Code Division Multiple Access cellular phone handset leadership, AMD can participate in a cellular phone standard which we believe is being adopted worldwide."
Bron: AMD.com.