Interesting development, especially in light of the recent patent application. Would have to believe Nunally was involved with that. Either he sees little value in that, or he wasn`t instrumental in its development IMO. I would find that highly unlikely but I`m no engineer. The rose-colored glasses angle says he left because he was being eased out. AMD relying on their own engineers for development of uses for the Ignite? Seems pie-in-the-sky to me. Seems there`s no middle ground here. Either AMD intends to use Ignite and didn`t want Nunally around, or AMD has no intention of using it, as they have stated for the short term, and Nunally feels there is no reason to hang around because we`ve reached the pinnacle of where we are going.

The whole situation boggles my mind. We`ve never been in a better position financially to exploit the technology that we possess. On the one hand I want to say Nunally is leaving because he sees no future. The tech is great but it has no practical applications? Buyout? Is this connected to Berniers leaving also? Rats leaving a sinking ship? Or does it mean we`re entering a new era?

Man, I`ve been around here too long to be thinking about the pros and cons of this. Can`t honestly say whether I`m rationalizing or being objective. Whatever the answer it keeps coming back to AMD for me. Would they really license our tech just to spite Intel, without having any intention of using it? Seems any company doing business like that would never be successful. But then I`m used to dealing with smaller companies. I`ve seen bigger companies that certainly had no problem pissing money away. Maybe this falls under that category. I dunno. Any other ideas?