amd and intel usto work together?

[theknub]

amd and intel used to be part of the same company. at some point, amd spun off. i read a whole book about it once, but that was almost 11 years ago so i can't remember all the details.

from what i remember, intel actually encouraged the spin off to create competition in the market place so that they wouldn't have an antitrust / monopoly problem like microshaft.

btw, take all this with a grain of salt and some of your own research. i read the book too long ago and im not taking any time to research myself.