Bottom at last?

[Dennis Robert Redmond]

Hmm. Things have finally stopped getting worse in the chip biz, so we may
be close to a turnaround. Open source seems to be taking off fast in the
new metropoles:

http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20020821S0033

In related news, the usually reliable Dr. Tom has this to say about how
Eastern Europe saved AMD's bacon:

"However, at the last minute, AMD developers in Dresden (called "Fab
30") made a breakthrough: suddenly, introducing the Thoroughbred "B" would
make it possible to achieve significantly higher clock speeds, and so now
an early launch of the Barton is no longer necessary. Moreover, this new
development presents completely new possibilities, so the Athlon XP should
continue to be available on the market for a while. It's all thanks to the
former Robotron engineers."
(http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q3/020821/athlonxp-01.html)

-- Dennis