AMD works closely with both China (THATIC, HMC & CHICC are owned by AMD and the RPC Army, and what percentage of AMD is vested is murky) and at least one Islamic country (it is 6.9% owned by Mubdala IC).
I don't pretend that USA is perfect, nor that Intel is above back-doors or poorly written kernel code. And I don't know what is AMD's commitment to their partners.
But I have a bias that the company with the best technology should not be working with those that would love to destroy American values, and especially when the hardware made by those companies will be in every computer I run at home. On chips that are running proprietary code that have access to everything I do.
Now, competition is surely a good thing, but am I wrong to be concerned that AMD seems to be winning?
Please comment if downvoting so that I can learn something from it (I greatly respect the opinion of other HN'ers) if my statements or concerns are wrong and why. Or vote me up so that the comment stays around long enough to get useful feedback.
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AMD works closely with both China (THATIC, HMC & CHICC are owned by AMD and the RPC Army, and what percentage of AMD is vested is murky) and at least one Islamic country (it is 6.9% owned by Mubdala IC).
I don't pretend that USA is perfect, nor that Intel is above back-doors or poorly written kernel code. And I don't know what is AMD's commitment to their partners.
But I have a bias that the company with the best technology should not be working with those that would love to destroy American values, and especially when the hardware made by those companies will be in every computer I run at home. On chips that are running proprietary code that have access to everything I do.
Now, competition is surely a good thing, but am I wrong to be concerned that AMD seems to be winning?
Please comment if downvoting so that I can learn something from it (I greatly respect the opinion of other HN'ers) if my statements or concerns are wrong and why. Or vote me up so that the comment stays around long enough to get useful feedback.
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