Newsgroup: it.economia.borsa
Titolo: Azioni AMD

Qualche consiglio sulle azioni della concorrente di Intel ??
Ora sono a 16 $ scese dai 42 di un anno e mezzo fa !!

 Ora sono a 16 $ scese dai 42 di un anno e mezzo fa !!
 io comprerei se  i prezzi riusciranno a superare i 19$.
gia' da adesso si potrebbe compricchiare qualcosina.
chiuderei le posizioni in caso di discesa sotto i 15$.
ciao
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Grande accordo in vista !
08:40 PM ET 07/20/98
AMD, Motorola in alliance for future chips
    By Therese Poletti
    SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 (Reuters) - Semiconductor makers
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.  and Motorola Inc.
said they formed a "far-reaching" strategic alliance and
technology exchange for developing advanced, faster computer
chips.
    Under a seven-year agreement, Motorola will license to AMD
its copper process technology, which will be used to
manufacture faster chips using copper instead of aluminum.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD develops lower-cost clones of Intel
Corp.  microprocessors, which are the brain chips of
personal computers.
    The companies will also collaborate on developing future
process technologies, including copper technology, which will
be used to develop faster microprocessors for Motorola's
PowerPC processors and in AMD's Intel Corp.-compatible chip
family.
    In return, AMD will license its flash-memory technology to
Motorola and the two will co-develop process technology to
create embedded flash memory chips. Flash memory chips are
low-power-consuming memory chips, used in communications
devices such as handheld computers.
    Motorola of Schaumburg, Ill. will also receive rights to
certain AMD networking technology. Motorola plans to use AMD's
networking and flash memory technology to create "system-on-a
chip" embedded processors, with more functionality on one chip.
Embedded chips are customized for a specific function, such as
chips for the automotive industry, or for computer printers.
    "This could be the harbinger of things to come in a very
capital-intensive industry," said AMD's chairman and CEO W.J.
(Jerry) Sanders III, in a brief interview. "These kind of
arrangements make sense. Fortunately, AMD and Motorola have the
same needs and we are not making the same products."
    Copper technology has been widely touted by many in the
semiconductor industry as a future way to design faster chips.
As the linewidth between the single transistors and the
interconnects becomes smaller, and more chips are created from
a silicon wafer, heat and resistance builds up, slowing down
the flow of the electrical current.
    International Business Machines Corp.  created a
stir in the industry when it announced last year that it
created faster, lower-cost semiconductors using copper instead
of aluminum as an electrical conducting property.
    Since then, other companies, including Motorola, have also
announced copper technology manufacturing processes.
    "It is no longer one of those experiments to evaluate, we
are actually making copper today," said Motorola's Hector Ruiz,
president of its $8 billion semiconductor operations. "Copper
does work," Ruiz added.
    Motorola is seeking ways to boost its chip business, which
has been losing money in the current industry slump due to weak
demand and pricing pressures.
    AMD said that copper interconnect technology, which is
faster at conducting electricity than aluminum technology, will
enable AMD to introduce its next K7 processor manufactured with
copper in the year 2000 at speeds of one gigahertz. AMD's
fastest chip to date is its 400 megahertz K6 processor, which
will soon be shipping.
    AMD's K6 competes directly with Intel's Pentium II line.
    The K7 processor, AMD's next generation chip, will
initially be produced using aluminum in the first half of 1999,
while AMD works on migrating it to the copper process.
    "You will need copper at some point in time to drive to the
gigahertz goal and beyond," Sanders said. "You can probably
make it without copper, but you will have a more cost effective
solution (using copper technology)."
    The companies said their alliance was not a cash deal and
instead involves cross-licensing pacts between them.
    The development of joint process technologies will be
undertaken through jointly staffed programs in both Austin,
Texas, and Sunnyvale, Calif. Both companies expect to
incorporate initial results in their manufacturing next year.
    Motorola will also license its high performance logic
process technology to AMD. Process technology refers to the
recipe for manufacturing semiconductors, which is done through
a series of steps, with various types of equipment.
    As new chip fabrication plants become more expensive to
build, analysts expect more collaborative deals between chip
makers, especially during the current industry slump, when
semiconductor makers are all cutting back on their spending.