Indeed, I agree whole heartedly. What busts my chops the most is the fact that Ruiz is stil the CEO, I was expecting a resignation with Dirk stepping in. But we might not see that till late 2008 from what it seems. He also ends up getting a raise?....
When AMD aims to innovate, they always deliver, look at their upcoming 740/780/790 IGP chipsets. Hybrid crossfire, as well as the ability to toggle between the two (IGP for desktop/media, video card for intense uses), being able to cut the power to the video card and switch to an IGP based solution is a fantastic idea. It will save us money on our utilities bill. Also, with crossfire and crossfirex becoming a reality, it will end up saving you a very large sum of money.
AMD really needs to get back to the core values that got them so far with Athlon/X2..Stop trying to follow Intel's flute with the octo core so soon. Take a breather, fix your processors issues, and compete at what got you this far, creative innovations. Not to say that a Native quad isn't innovative, but they forced them selves to take something that intel would touch till 45nm, focused so much on the native quad aspect and not the architectural performance itself. Let's just hope they get back on track, but who knows when that will happen.