fail thread

[Jionix]

Nowhere does it say that AMD was unaware of the data theft.

And look! Nowhere does it say that AMD doesn't also support Nazi Germany or the flying of the Confederate Flag.. So, we must assume, since there is not a specific inclusion of AMD not supporting those things, they must.

 

[Atreidin]

So much baiting in this thread.

I have edited the OP twice. I am entitled to my opinion. If you guys are interpreting the article differently, good for you.

Yes, you are allowed to ignore reality if you so choose. However living in a reality distortion field tends to make interacting with other people somewhat troublesome.

 

[SickBeast]

Look, I edited the OP twice. What more do you want from me?

Just because we disagree it doesn't make any of us right or wrong. Just because I inferred something it doesn't make it incorrect. It could be, but I could be right as well. The same goes for all of you.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

The wording of the article could be at play here.

If you provide something, then someone has access to it. How doe he provide the docs to AMD, but AMD was unaware that head had them?

 

[LCTSI]

sing along, everyone! To the tune of "I shot the Sheriff"--

"I stole the Presler, but I did not steal the Larrabee."

 

[busydude]

Look, I edited the OP twice. What more do you want from me?

Change the title please.

 

[SickBeast]

Change the title please.

What part of it is out of line? Is this not major AMD drama?

You know what, I edited it.

There. 3 edits of the OP. Are you guys satisfied now? Does it require a further edit?

 

[Vesku]

This is just a glimpse at what happens all the time in anything where significant money is involved. Which is why Google, Apple, and Co. had that no poach treaty going on that rubbed the Feds the wrong way.

 

[Phynaz]

He probably stole nehalem plans so AMD engineers leeched off of it designing BD, only later it turned out that it wasn't that nehalem but the canceled tejas successor.

Tejas was the successor to Prescott, not Nahalem.

 

[dmens]

^

Stupid anecdote: The original use of the Nehalem codename was for Tejas' successor, but due to codename reuse, it became the successor to C2D.

 

[thilanliyan]

For all we know AMD could have benefited from this incident.

Looking at Bulldozer...I doubt it.

 

[Phynaz]

^

Stupid anecdote: The original use of the Nehalem codename was for Tejas' successor, but due to codename reuse, it became the successor to C2D.

Aha...My bad then.

Thanks

 

[bononos]

with AMD's luck he might have given them the plan's for the B1 version of the H67/P67 chipset.

Ouch

 

[dave_the_nerd]

You should write an article about how Intel and AMD are working together under the direction of Rambus to pave the way for a forced comeback of RDRAM!

Considering how far ahead RDRAM was at the time, I would be okay with this... assuming they could resist the temptation to do the monopoly pricing thing this time around, and didn't need those goddam C-RIMMs.

 

[LoneNinja]

After actually reading the article and seeing the data stolen back in 2008, I think I know how we got faildozer. They clearly stole design documents from Netburst, convincing AMD high clocks/power draw and low IPC was a good design. LMAO

 

[Subyman]

After actually reading the article and seeing the data stolen back in 2008, I think I know how we got faildozer. They clearly stole design documents from Netburst, convincing AMD high clocks/power draw and low IPC was a good design. LMAO

Yes, it is really that simple.

 

[Abix]

What part of it is out of line? Is this not major AMD drama?

You know what, I edited it.

There. 3 edits of the OP. Are you guys satisfied now? Does it require a further edit?

Relax nerd.

 

[nyker96]

this isn't very surprising to me, what would be very surprising if the news is .... Intel stealing from AMD. ;]

 

[Sho'Nuff]

The article is contradicting itself in a sense.

How long did AMD have the data before the investigation was launched? Did AMD launch the investigation?

Your post is rude BTW, Schmide.

Theft of trade secrets is a pretty big deal. Not something that any legit company (including AMD) wants to be part of.

 

[BD231]

Theft of trade secrets is a pretty big deal. Not something that any legit company (including AMD) wants to be part of.

Unless you're Bill Belichick, phanny mae, freddie mack, arthur anderson or bill gates of course.

 

[3DVagabond]

Unless you're Bill Belichick, phanny mae, freddie mack, arthur anderson or bill gates of course.

+1
Happens more often than most people would think.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Theft of trade secrets is a pretty big deal. Not something that any legit company (including AMD) wants to be part of.

Like goverment secrets

 

[mikeymikec]

In a forum full of nerds, using "nerd" as a derogatory term is a really bad idea
-ViRGE

I'm outraged! I think I'll report this.

 

[Dribble]

imo he probably just took a load of AMD "source" so when he was asked to do some project he could look back at previous work he had been involved with and use it to give himself a head-start. Pretty common among programmers - he was just dumb because he got caught as he decided to copy it all after he left the company.

It is an unfair competitive advantage when you do something like that, but being as the knowledge is in their head too (just not the nitty gritty detail) it's impossible to *stop* an ex employee of one company taking knowledge to the next one, well unless you could erase their brains.

 

[Olikan]

Like goverment secrets

OFF:
goverment shouldn't have secrets