Quotes by Nathan Brookwood

“AMD will face tougher competition once Intel moves to the new architecture. But its far too soon to be able to predict whos going to be ahead 18 months from now.”

“The original theory was Netburst would show increasing performance benefits with increasing frequency. It didnt work quite the way Intel had anticipated.”

“He had a pretty good relationship with Dirk Meyer (AMDs No. 2 exec). It is hard to say who precisely was behind the (Athlon 64) development, but Fred certainly was a big contributor. Most of the technology changes that AMD has made while he was there turned out to be good ones.”

“He had a pretty good relationship with Dirk Meyer [AMDs number two executive]. It is hard to say who precisely was behind the [Athlon 64] development, but Fred certainly was a big contributor. Most of the technology changes that AMD has made while he was there turned out to be good ones.”

“It is a positive for AMD that a guy like Hester wants to work there,”

“Sun, for at least two weeks, had bragging rights about that.”

“As soon as you let up, even for a quarter or two, youre in trouble.”

“But here the performance per watt is dramatically better than the industry standard and that to me is an adequate motivation to consider Sun. The cores themselves may not be very elegant, but whats relevant here is whether theyll do the job companies need them to do. From what Ive seen Sun plans to deliver that.”

“If youre asking How do I get more done with the same amount of electrical power? this is one of the few solutions out there. And I think there are plenty of companies in this bind that will see this as manna from heaven.”

“PIC does a lot of different things. It does address a variety of needs.”