AMD to Restructure, May Outsource More to IBM
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During a report of perhaps the worst quarter of performance in the company’s history — what its executives called a “perfect storm” — AMD CEO Hector Ruiz revealed an extraordinary number of options are on the table for an unprecedented corporate restructuring.
Exploring the possibility of adopting an “asset-light” business model, AMD may go so far as to license manufacturing rights for its microprocessor designs to long-time partners IBM and Chartered Semiconductor, as well as expand its licensing relationship — one many didn’t know AMD actually had — with Intel.
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