AMD , Staunch Warrior Jerry Sanders
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Since the debut of its first microprocessor in 1971, Intel has been leading the trend from 8086.80286.80386.80486 to Pentium Ⅱ. However, because of the popularity of the low-price personal machine in 1998, the occupancy of AMD was more than 50% in the market for the low-price machines. Intel's paying no attention to the market of the low-grade products made Intel be led by the nose to launch the simplified PentiumⅡ, the Celeron.
Now, AMD not only in the low-end market hangs in the balance with Intel, but also in the high-end market it will competes with Intel. Intel launched the Pentium Ⅲ generation of microprocessors in February 26 1999, to improve the processing instructions of three-dimensional image. This function is analogous to 3DNow technology which is used in AMD's K6.3 microprocessor but the price is 25% lower at least. It seems that Inter is led by the nose again.
AMD launched Athlon (K.7) in AUG, 1998, the maximum frequency reaches 650 MHz become the fastest x86 series of microprocessors, the Intel was thrown to the back and for the first time AMD enjoys the title addiction.
That AMD could achienve this is quite attributed to Sanders' strong leadership. Sanders and Moore, Gulu Fu, founders of Intel were all first from the Fairchild Semiconductor. But Moore and the others engage in technology, while Saunders engages in marketing. In 1968, Moore and others left the Fairchild and started Intel, which is famous for the technical innovation. In 1969, Sanders also left Fairchild with his seven colleagues and founded AMD where he could display his marketing skills.
Sanders adhere to the ideal and full of courage of take risk and innovative boldness made Sanders was considered young and talent leader in Silicon Valley. He once said: [I used to be a young man discontent with status quo, now I am a middle-aged man with the same discontent. I pursue perfection and desire to transform this imperfect world." He said it and he did it, always requiring his products more advanced than others. When Intel`s other competitors compete with this giant, they tend to avoid its cutting edge. They are content with take a share of the spoils in the low price products market while AMD actively challenge Intel in the field of high price products. K6 is the product which helps AMD bound back and makes Intel feel threatening. And as a result AMD is took a new look.
AMD achieved such performance under the conditions much more difficult than Intel. At the beginning of the undertaking, Intel has got enough capital but AMD is nearly starting from scratch. People joked: "Intel will raise five million dollars with just spending 5 minutes, while AMD has spent five million minutes to raise 5 dollars." Thus it can be seen that at that time the venture capital of AMD took a dim view for AMD. The difficulty of its entrepreneurship fully reflect the brawny fight spirit of Sanders.